MLB
Detroit manager Leyland steps away from the game
DETROIT – Jim Leyland stepped down as manager of the Detroit Tigers.
Leyland announced the move Monday, two days after the Tigers were eliminated from the AL championship series by Boston in six games. The 68-year-old Leyland led Detroit to the World Series twice in eight years, and the Tigers have won the last three AL Central titles.
Leyland was 700-597 with the Tigers. In all, he is 1,769-1,728 with the Tigers, Pittsburgh Pirates, Florida Marlins and Colorado Rockies. He won the World Series in 1997 with Florida.
NFL
Tennessee Titans owner Bud Adams dead at age 90
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Titans owner K.S. “Bud” Adams Jr. died in his Houston home. He was 90.
The team announced Monday that Adams had died, saying he “passed away peacefully from natural causes.”
The son of a prominent oil executive, Adams built his own energy fortune and used it to found the Houston Oilers in the upstart American Football League.
Adams moved the team to Tennessee after the 1996 season when he couldn’t get the new stadium he wanted in Houston.
Rams’ Bradford out for year with ligament tear in knee
ST. LOUIS – St. Louis Rams quarterback Sam Bradford will miss the rest of the season because of a torn knee ligament.
The extent of the injury to Bradford’s left knee was confirmed after an MRI exam, the team said Monday. Bradford tore his anterior cruciate ligament in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s 30-15 loss to the Carolina Panthers when he landed on his knee after being shoved out of bounds by Panthers safety Mike Mitchell.
Colts receiver Wayne’s knee no better than Bradford’s
INDIANAPOLIS – Colts receiver Reggie Wayne will miss the rest of the season after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee during Sunday night’s win over Denver.
Wayne was injured in the fourth quarter as he tried to come back and catch a low pass. He was not hit on the play.
It’s a devastating blow for the Colts (5-2) and for Wayne, the 35-year-old receiver who became the ninth member of the league’s 1,000-catch club last week. Wayne had started 189 consecutive games, the longest streak among active receivers.
Packers tight end Finley still in hospital with neck injury
GREEN BAY, Wis. – Packers tight end Jermichael Finley suffered a significant neck injury in the win over the Browns and needs more tests to determine the severity.
But coach Mike McCarthy said Monday that Finley was upbeat and “performing daily activities.”
Finley was taken to a hospital after being carted off the field in the fourth quarter following the hit on a 10-yard catch during the 31-13 victory by Cleveland safety Tashaun Gipson, who was flagged for unnecessary roughness.
McCarthy was unsure how long Finley would be in the hospital.
college football
Grambling players end their boycott, practice Monday
GRAMBLING, La. – Grambling players ended their boycott and practiced Monday after speaking with former coach Doug Williams, who advised them to “Go out there and play football.”
In a statement, team representative Naquan Smith said players reached out to several people, including Williams, and their ex-coach put them in contact with Baton Rouge businessman Jim Bernhard.
Smith said Bernhard told players he has their “best intentions at heart and that he would ensure we had updated facilities, but we had to agree to being back practicing Monday ... and finish the remainder of our season.”
Players refused to travel to Saturday’s game at Jackson State, a forfeit, because of issues with university leaders.
Associated Press
