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Kansas sophomore guard Sherron Collins, the fourth-ranked Jayhawks’ leading scorer in their first two games, will be out at least six weeks after undergoing surgery Monday to repair a stress fracture in his left foot. Coach Bill Self told Sports Betting News the 5-foot-11 Collins visited the doctor after experiencing pain in the foot on…

Arizona interim coach Kevin O’Neill said Lute Olson will return soon from his personal leave of absence. “He will be back shortly,” O’Neill said Monday at a campus news conference. “We all know that and our job is to go about our business day to day until he is back.” No date has been set…

Larry Corrigan, formerly an assistant to Minnesota Twins general manager Terry Ryan, was hired Monday by the Pittsburgh Pirates as a special assistant to new general manager Neal Huntington. Corrigan spent 20 years in the Twins’ baseball operations department, serving as a special assistant to Ryan since 1997.

General manager Jim Hendry’s mission this offseason is to make the Cubs a better club than the one that was swept in the first round of the playoffs. He expects to have the finances to do so. “We’d like to add some speed and more left-handed hitting in the outfield and keep an eye on…

Jaguars quarterback David Garrard, who missed the last three games because of an ankle injury, anticipates returning to the starting lineup Sunday against the San Diego Chargers. “Everything’s feeling good,” Garrard said Monday. “We’re going to have to once again get out and practice and make sure we continue down the right path and make…

Even when they don’t play, the Patriots come up winners. They had the weekend off and still improved their chances for home-field advantage throughout the AFC playoffs when Indianapolis lost. Just one week earlier, New England knocked the Colts from the unbeaten ranks. The loss by the Colts gave the Patriots (9-0) a two-game lead…

Wade Phillips keeps telling everyone that his Dallas Cowboys “haven’t done anything yet.” Their 8-1 record? Nice, but not enough to clinch a playoff berth. That bulging lead in the NFC East? Great, but it could dissolve if the Cowboys stumble and another team wins six straight games, like the division rival New York just…

As Adrian Peterson was prone on the Lambeau Field turf, his football future flashed before his eyes as a searing pain radiated from his right knee. “That pain was horrible. I don’t know if you’ve ever experienced pain where you don’t want anybody to touch you. Just be still for a few minutes until it…

Criticized, booed and then benched, Rex Grossman went from Super Bowl starter to backup. Then came another chance to play again. Subbing for the injured Brian Griese, Grossman delivered for the Chicago Bears. His well-thrown 59-yard pass to Bernard Berrian with just 3:11 left Sunday gave the Bears the lead and a huge lift in…

The NFL Players Association hopes to convince commissioner Roger Goodell to change his mind and reduce the season-long suspension of Titans cornerback Adam “Pacman” Jones, a union attorney said Monday. “Our main argument is when you compare Jones’ suspension to that of other players whose conduct have fallen under the policy, his discipline is quite…

If his ineffectiveness doesn’t send Steve McNair to the Baltimore Ravens bench, perhaps a sore shoulder will. The struggling quarterback has developed “substantial soreness” in his non-throwing shoulder, Ravens coach Brian Billick said Monday. That, coupled with McNair’s unsightly numbers over the past two weeks, could cause Billick to turn to Kyle Boller in Sunday’s…

Willie Parker could take off for 99 yards some Sunday and he still wouldn’t have the Pittsburgh Steelers’ most time-consuming run of the season. Ben Roethlisberger didn’t fool the Cleveland Browns with his footwork or his speed. Especially, his speed. The very Big Ben is listed at 240 pounds, probably weighs closer to 250 and…