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Bill Belichick has been watching videotape of the New York Jets — the kind that won’t cost him $500,000. The kind that could help his Patriots stay unbeaten next Sunday by beating the team that turned him in for having an on-field camera snoop on the sideline. In preparing for Sunday’s 34-13 win over Pittsburgh,…

“Lights Out” is going to be on the shelf for at least one game, maybe longer. Star outside linebacker Shawne Merriman will miss San Diego’s home game against Detroit because of a sprained ligament in his left knee that knocked him out of Sunday’s game at Tennessee, which the Chargers won in overtime.

Tony Dungy spent nearly two decades trying to get to 12 wins in a season as a coach. In Indianapolis, it has become part of the Colts’ annual routine. After wrapping up their eighth playoff appearance in nine years Sunday and all but clinching their fifth straight AFC South title, the Colts stand on the…

Packers coach Mike McCarthy called a hit that Raiders defensive end Derrick Burgess made on Brett Favre low and unnecessary. Favre, making his 250th consecutive start, got hit twice by Burgess, once on a play before the 2-minute warning that left Favre limping in Green Bay’s 38-7 victory over Oakland on Sunday to clinch the…

The New England Patriots didn’t totally silence Anthony Smith. Despite a 34-13 loss Sunday to New England that revealed significant flaws in the Pittsburgh Steelers’ defense and their game plan, Smith says he is certain they will see the Patriots again in the playoffs. That raises this question: If that happens, will the Patriots hear…

Bills safety George Wilson will miss the rest of the regular season with two broken ribs, but the team has no immediate plans to place him on injured reserve while it remains alive in the AFC playoff race. Coach Dick Jauron said Monday the first-year starter was scheduled to be released from a Buffalo-area hospital…

Until the New York Giants win a game and clinch a playoff berth, coach Tom Coughlin isn’t going to talk about the postseason, resting players or even scouting potential opponents. Coughlin is old fashioned and old school. He is not going to pat the Giants (9-4) on the back for making the playoffs for a…

Michael Vick was sentenced to prison Monday for running a dogfighting operation and will stay there longer than two co-defendants, up to 23 months, because he lied about his involvement when he was supposed to be coming clean to the judge who would decide his fate. The disgraced NFL star received a harsher sentence than…

Louisville forward Derrick Caracter was suspended indefinitely Monday for a curfew violation. Coach Rick Pitino said Caracter violated curfew Saturday night, a few hours after the sophomore had 16 points and seven rebounds in the 22nd-ranked Cardinals’ 70-65 loss to Dayton. Pitino said Caracter needs to make dramatic changes in his life.

Former NL Cy Young Award winner Eric Gagne and the Milwaukee Brewers finalized a $10 million, one-year contract on Monday. The 31-year-old right-hander, who finished last season with the World Series champion Boston Red Sox, can earn an additional $1 million in performance bonuses: $250,000 each for 50, 55, 60 and 65 games finished.

It’s easy to predict much of what George Mitchell will say: Baseball ignored performance-enhancing drugs for more than a decade, and his investigation repeatedly was slowed by the players’ union. The names Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire and Jason Giambi are sure to be included in the report, which could be released Thursday, from Mitchell’s 20-month…

Madison Square Garden and New York Knicks coach Isiah Thomas have settled the sexual harassment case brought by a former team executive who was awarded $11.6 million in punitive damages. Terms of the settlement were not immediately disclosed. “I am extremely pleased that we have reached a settlement,” Anucha Browne Sanders said in a statement.