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Fantasy baseball injury report: Jose Reyes' injuries will continue until the end of the season
There is no avoiding the fact that Fantasy sports are subject to luck. No one can predict, with any certainty, the health of athletes. Did anyone guess Jacoby Ellsbury would fracture his ribs in a collision with his own teammate, and miss the majority of the year? Of course not. Do I need to remind anyone about Tom Brady and the first game of 2008? Not a chance.

Chains try to score with fantasy football players
Fantasy football means real business for restaurants, and some big chains have launched promotional drives to score with dedicated players of the growing pastime. Free appetizers, draft kits, meal discounts, gift cards and contests featuring sports celebrities are among lures for "draft parties" in which fantasy players select rosters of NFL players whose talents on the field equal...

Sports at 11:50 a.m. EDT
Some of the stories the AP is covering Thursday. A full Sports Digest will move by 3 p.m.: -- NEW YORK -- Ben Roethlisberger's suspension is cut from six to four games by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, meaning the Pittsburgh Steelers' quarterback can return Oct. 17 against Cleveland. -- UNDATED -- Twelve players from North Carolina won't play in the 18th-ranked Tar Heels' opener...

Cricket authorities charge three Pakistani players
LONDON (AP) -- Three Pakistan players were charged Thursday by cricket's governing body in the wake of the match-fixing scandal that has stunned the sport.

Nationals' Nyjer Morgan enrages baseball by violating The Code
There's an ebb and flow to baseball's unwritten rules, much like there's an ebb and flow to the game itself over the course of a game or a season. Weeks can pass with hardly a peep about players disrespecting each other, followed closely by a spate of incidents involving spiteful actions, retaliation and, sometimes, fisticuffs.

Swimming-Olympic champion Liu to miss Asian Games
China's Olympic swimming champion Liu Zige will skip November's Asian Games to concentrate on next year's world championships, Chinese swimming officials said.

Rugby-Williams makes quiet New Zealand first class debut
Sonny Bill Williams made a solid but unspectacular New Zealand first class rugby debut for Canterbury in their 28-9 victory over Bay of Plenty in the national provincial championship on Friday. The former rugby league international has been the most talked about player in New Zealand this year since turning down a new contract with French club Toulon to return home with the goal of playing for ...

David Rudisha, star of 2012 Olympics?
Alongside or near Usain Bolt, add David Rudisha to the list of athletes who should shiver our spines at the London Olympics in -- it is getting much closer now -- the summer after next. Bolt, the showman, will always be the bigger star. His events, the 100 and 200, have more glamor, more pulling power than Rudisha's discipline, the 800.

Pakistan cricketers faces police amid continued scandal
Two Pakistani cricketers have appeared at a London police station on Friday amid continued questions over an alleged betting scandal that has rocked the sport.