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Golfer Jack Nicklaus stopped by the Canadiens dressing room Tuesday night and delivered a pregame pep talk about being prepared and not trying to do too much.

The quarterback position was a big mystery when Michigan commenced preparations for this football season.

Tyrann Mathieu is coming off an offseason knee surgery and was getting closer to being his old self when the shoulder injury hit.

Boise State faces an uphill battle in terms of having a chance to land the coveted Cotton Bowl bid that will go to the best team from a non-power conference.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Hitting coach Tom Brunansky and first base coach Butch Davis will not be back with the Minnesota Twins next season.

The Minnesota Twins have announced that all but two of their coaches will return next season

NEW YORK (AP) First baseman Anthony Rizzo and right fielder Jason Heyward from the World Series champion Chicago Cubs have won Gold Glove awards.

Auburn got some good news regarding injury issues as it began preparations for Saturday's outing at Georgia.

The Virginia Tech-Georgia Tech clash, once the premier matchup in the ACC's Coastal Division with the two teams accounting for nine of the 11 division titles since the league split into two groups for the 2005 season, doesn't have quite the buzz about it this year.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Hitting coach Tom Brunansky and first base coach Butch Davis will not be back with the Minnesota Twins next season.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) Right-hander Dillon Gee and outfielder Daniel Nava have become free agents after refusing outright assignments from the Kansas City Royals to Triple-A Omaha.

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) The Arizona Cardinals returned to practice Tuesday after a long bye weekend off and the biggest news was Tyrann Mathieu's rapid recovery from a shoulder injury.

In a story Nov. 7 about the Detroit Lions, The Associated Press reported erroneously that if the season ended now, the Lions would be in the playoffs as a wild card. Washington (4-3-1) actually leads Detroit (5-4) by percentage points for the final spot.

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) Colin Kaepernick's roller coaster career hit a low point the last time he played in Arizona against the Cardinals.

LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) The Chicago Bears have waived offensive lineman Cornelius Edison.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) While former coach Tom Coughlin admits missing the sidelines, he also left no doubt about how much he'll enjoy standing at midfield during halftime of next week's New York Giants-Cincinnati game.

The Gus Bus might be first to hit the road.

Not everyone in the golf world knew much about Jay Monahan except that he was anointed, and then appointed, the next PGA Tour commissioner.

The Minnesota Vikings activated quarterback Taylor Heinicke from the reserve/non-injury list and waived tight end TE MyCole Pruitt.

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) Fresh off their bye week, the New England Patriots returned to the practice field Tuesday and players said they took advantage of the time off to get their bodies ready for the second half of the season.