One day after dropping the season opener at San Diego, the Chicago Bears lost defensive leader Mike Brown for the season. Brown was placed on injured reserve Monday with a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee. It’s the third season-ending injury in four years for Brown, the soul of the Bears’ secondary.
A urine test indicated Tampa Bay Buccaneers receiver David Boston had GHB in his system when police found him behind the wheel of a sport utility vehicle last month and charged him with driving under the influence. Boston, who released a statement last week saying he had done nothing wrong, was arrested Aug.
Eli Manning has a bruised right shoulder and it is uncertain whether the New York Giants quarterback will play against the Green Bay Packers on Sunday. Manning had an MRI on Monday that revealed a contusion to the acromioclavicular joint, near the collarbone. “They have put it in my hands,” Manning said of his playing status.
One-time NFL player and former Fox Sports broadcaster Bill Maas was charged Monday with drug possession and weapons charges stemming from a July roadside safety check. The 45-year-old was charged with two felony counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance after Illinois State Police found nearly 6 grams of cocaine in his Hummer and 0.2 grams of Ecstasy, Tazewell County State’s Attorney…
Discovery of the equine influenza virus at thoroughbred stud farms in New South Wales state was “potentially lethal” for Australia’s racing and breeding industries, industry leaders said Thursday. The highly contagious disease, which was first detected in Australia in August, has now infected hundreds of horses in New South Wales and Queensland states, indefinitely halting racing in New South…
David Wright keeps getting big hits and the starting pitchers look sensational. Now that they’ve hit September, the confident New York Mets are coming down the stretch like champions. Wright hit a two-run homer and Oliver Perez tossed another gem against the Atlanta Braves, leading New York to a tidy 3-2 victory Monday night.
The Boston Red Sox and Oakland Athletics are lined up to meet in a Tokyo Dome opener next season. Major League Baseball gave the players’ union a draft 2008 schedule on Monday, and the Red Sox would open the United States portion of their schedule at Oakland, according to Gene Orza, the union’s chief operating officer.
For one of the rare times in his football life, Brady Quinn was a game-day spectator. Instead of a helmet, he wore a brown-and-orange baseball cap. He carried a clipboard. Quinn stood on the sideline and watched, maybe for one of the last times. Tagged since April’s draft as Cleveland’s quarterback of the future, Quinn could soon become the Browns’ man of the moment.
St. Louis Rams offensive tackle Orlando Pace will miss the rest of the season with a torn labrum and rotator cuff in his right shoulder suffered in the season opener Sunday. The injury is Pace’s second season-ender in two games, after tearing his left triceps last November. Coach Scott Linehan said this one could be career-threatening.
Jazil, winner of the 2006 Belmont Stakes, was retired and will stand at stud at Dubai Sheik Hamdan’s Shadwell Farm. A half-brother to this year’s Belmont winner Rags to Riches, Jazil won just two of 11 races but stepped up in the biggest race of his career to give trainer Kiaran McLaughlin his first win in a Triple Crown race.
