NFL:
In Monday Night Football, Green Bay beat Kansas City 38-28.
The Steelers have announced that Ben Roethlisberger is out indefinitely with a sprained medial collateral ligament in his left knee. There is no timetable for his return, leaving Michael Vick to start Thursday night against winless Baltimore. Roethlisberger left in the third quarter of Sunday's 12-6 win over St. Louis after his knee bent awkwardly while getting sacked by Rams safety Mark Barron.
Buffalo Bills receiver Sammy Watkins' status is uncertain for Sunday's game against the New York Giants because of a calf injury. Coach Rex Ryan provided the update, a day after Watkins left in the first quarter of the Bills' 41-14 win at Miami.
Cleveland Browns starting quarterback Josh McCown injured his right throwing hand in Sunday's loss to Oakland but doesn't expect to miss any time. McCown isn't exactly sure when he got hurt but guessed that his hand was stepped on in the third quarter.
New York Jets right guard Willie Colon will be sidelined at least one game with a sprained knee suffered in Sunday's 24-17 loss to the Eagles. The Jets have a bye-week break after the game against the Dolphins in London on Sunday, and it's uncertain whether Colon will be ready to return for the team's next game on Oct. 18 against Washington. Jets coach Todd Bowles (bohlz) said cornerback Darrelle Revis is dealing with a sore hamstring, and that tight end Jeff Cumberland is in the NFL's concussion protocol.
MLB:
In baseball, in the American League, Eduardo Rodriguez became the first Red Sox rookie left-hander to win 10 games in 43 years, and Boston slowed the New York Yankees' march toward a postseason berth with a 5-1 victory Monday night. The Yanks are 5 games back. Toronto edged Baltimore 4-3 reducing its magic number to 2, Minnesota doubled up Cleveland 4-2, Detroit beat Texas 7-4, the Angels slid past Oakland 5-4, and Houston edged Seattle 3-2.
In the National League, Washington beat Cincinnati 5-1, St. Louis blanked Pittsburgh 3-0, and it was San Francisco over the Dodgers 3-2 in 12 innings.
In interleague play, the Cubs beat Kansas City 1-0 in 11 innings.
Jerry Dipoto has landed another general manager job in the American League West, hired by the Seattle Mariners less than three months after stepping down as GM of the Angels. He replaces Jack Zduriencik, who was fired late last month after seven disappointing seasons during which the club failed to end its playoff drought. Dipoto inherits an organization that hasn't made the postseason in 14 years, the longest current drought in the majors.
The Nationals have suspended Jonathan Papelbon for four games without pay for his dugout fight with Bryce Harper on Sunday. The decision means Papelbon's season is over, since the closer also dropped the appeal of his three-game suspension for throwing at Baltimore's Manny Machado last week. Nats manager Matt Williams said he ordered Harper to sit out Monday's game, although the right fielder said Sunday that he was scheduled to have the day off.
Toronto shortstop Troy Tulowitzki expects to return in time for the postseason. The five-time All-Star took batting practice Monday as he tries to return from a cracked scapula and bruised muscles in his upper back. Tulowitzki was injured while colliding with teammate Kevin Pillar in a game against the Yankees on Sept. 12. He's batting just .232 with the Blue Jays, but they're 30-8 with him in the starting lineup.
NHL:
In NHL preseason play, the Rangers skated past Philadelphia 3-2 in overtime, Montreal defeated Pittsburgh 4-1, Washington topped the Islanders 3-1, and it was Vancouver over Arizona 1-0.
Boxing:
Boxing legend Muhammad Ali, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and rapper Nasir "Nas" Jones are among the 2015 recipients of Harvard's W.E.B. DuBois Medal. This year's winners will gather tomorrow at Harvard for an awards ceremony and panel discussion. Ali, who is battling Parkinson's disease, will appear via a video link.
NBA:
The third time might be the charm for Anthony Bennett. The former top overall pick in the 2013 NBA draft by Cleveland has signed with Toronto. He was traded by Cleveland to Minnesota in the big Kevin Love to the Cavs trade a year ago and so far has had to deal with injuries in both of his pro seasons. Bennett averaged 5.2 points and 3.8 rebounds in 57 games for the Timberwolves last season.
High School:
A North Jersey high school star quarterback who collapsed after taking a hit on the playing field died from massive internal bleeding caused by a lacerated spleen, according to autopsy reports made public. The Morris County medical examiner's office found that the spleen of 17-year-old Evan Murray was "abnormally enlarged," making it more susceptible to injury. There was no evidence of head trauma or heart disease. The death has been ruled an accident.
Olympics:
The host city for an Olympics has the right to propose the inclusion of at least one sport in that Olympics. Japan has announced that it would like to include baseball, softball, karate, surfing, skateboarding and climbing. Japan is set to host the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. The recommendations were welcomed by the IOC, which has not said how many sports it would add, if any.
FIFA:
FIFA presidential contender Chung Mong-joon is calling for the establishment of an emergency task force to run world soccer during its leadership crisis. President Sepp Blatter is under criminal investigation, while general secretary Jerome Valcke is suspended from work and being investigated by the FIFA ethics committee. Chung, a former FIFA vice president under Blatter, says the organization is in "total meltdown."
FIFA has banned former vice president Jack Warner for life over misconduct following an investigation into the bidding contest for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.
The decision Tuesday by FIFA's ethics committee comes as Warner fights extradition from Trinidad on U.S. charges of racketeering, wire fraud and money laundering.
After being implicated in an earlier bribery scandal, Warner quit FIFA in 2011. The governing body said at the time that the "presumption of innocence is maintained."
But in Tuesday's ruling, FIFA said Warner "committed many and various acts of misconduct continuously and repeatedly during his time as an official in different high-ranking and influential positions at FIFA and CONCACAF."
FIFA said Warner was involved in the "offer, acceptance, and receipt of undisclosed and illegal payments."
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