CHICAGO (AP) - Jay Cutler led the Bears to their fifth straight
victory in what could be his last game with Chicago for a while.
The Chicago Tribune reports that Cutler broke his right thumb
during a 31-20 victory over the San Diego Chargers and is expected
to miss six to eight weeks.
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) - The Green Bay Packers are 10-0 heading
into Thursday's traditional tilt against the Detroit Lions at Ford
Field. Aaron Rodgers threw three touchdown passes and the Packers
survived a scare from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 35-26.
HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) --Tony Stewart is the king of NASCAR Sprint
Cup racing for the third time in his career, but first as a car
owner and principal of Stewart-Haas Racing. Stewart held off Carl
Edwards to win the season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway for
his fifth victory in the 10-race Chase for the Sprint Cup
Championship series.
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Sid the Kid is back. Pittsburgh Penguins
superstar Sidney Crosby will make his season debut tonight against
the New York Islanders, his first game in nearly a year since being
sidelined with concussion-like symptoms.
CARSON, Calif. (AP) - Landon Donovan scored in the 72nd minute
on passes from Robbie Keane and David Beckham, and the Los Angeles
Galaxy's three superstars won their first MLS Cup together with a
1-0 victory over the Houston Dynamo last night. Beckham won his
first MLS championship in the final game of his five-year contract
with the Galaxy, and he hasn't decided where he's playing next
year.
