MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A person with knowledge of the deal tells The
Associated Press that New England and Minnesota have completed a
trade that sends disgruntled Patriots receiver Randy Moss to the
Vikings. ESPN first reported that the deal was done, with the Pats
getting a third-round pick in return.
UNDATED (AP) - Buckle up for a month of playoff baseball. There
are three games on the opening day of the 2010 postseason,
beginning with Texas at Tampa Bay (1:37 p.m. Eastern). Cincinnati
at Philadelphia is up next, with New York and Minnesota bringing
down the curtain tonight in Minneapolis.
MIAMI (AP) - Miami's Big 3 were together for all of three
minutes before Dwyane (dwayn) Wade limped into the locker room with
a strained right hamstring. But LeBron James and Chris Bosh more
than picked up the slack, combining for 38 points in a 105-89 win
over the Detroit Pistons in the Heat's exhibition opener.
EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Michigan State football coach Mark
Dantonio expects to travel with the team for this weekend's game at
Michigan as he recovers from a mild heart attack and subsequent
blood clot in his leg. Dantonio has missed two games. He actually
planned to come back last weekend for a home game against Wisconsin
to coach from a box above the field, but he was hospitalized
Thursday because of the blood clot.
BEIJING (AP) - American John Isner (IHZ'-nur) beat Germany's
Philipp Kohlschreiber (FEE'-lihp KOHL'-shry-bur) 7-6, 3-6, 6-3
today to earn a meeting with Nikolay Davydenko in the quarterfinals
of the China Open. The fourth-seeded Russian advanced with a 7-5,
7-5 win over Marin Cilic (CHIHL'-ihch) of Croatia.
