NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Drew Brees torched the New York Giants with
four touchdown passes in throwing for 363 yards in the New Orleans
Saints' 49-24 rout last night. Brees also ran for a touchdown in
moving the 8-3 Saints a game up on Atlanta in the NFC South race.
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Pittsburgh safety Troy Polamalu,
last season's NFL Defensive Player of the Year,
has a suspected concussion and the team did not offer a prognosis.
Polamalu sat out almost the entire win at Kansas City following a
low hit on 6-foot-6, 290-pound Chiefs tackle Steve Maneri, the
second time this season the Steelers have taken him out of a game
following a blow to the head.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Urban Meyer was out of college coaching
for less than a year. The man who won two national titles with the
Florida Gators takes over Ohio State. Meyer is getting a six-year
contract that pays $4 million a year plus another $2.4 million
total in "retention payments."
UNDATED (AP) - Two rookie NHL head coaches are making their
debuts tonight. Dale Hunter takes over for fired Bruce Boudreau
as the Washington Capitals host St. Louis and Kirk
Muller takes over the reins of the Carolina Hurricanes from Paul
Maurice as they host the Florida Panthers.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Third-seeded Duke takes its 7-0 record
into Columbus tonight to face No. 2 Ohio State in the Big Ten/ACC
Challenge. Both teams trail top-ranked and undefeated Kentucky,
which is home Thursday night against St. John's and Saturday
against North Carolina.
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