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Toronto short-stop Yunel Escobar was suspended for three games Tuesday by the Blue Jays for wearing eye-black displaying an anti-gay slur written in Spanish during a game last weekend against Boston.

Steve Sabol, an art history major and football star in college who combined those two passions to help transform the family business, NFL Films, into a modern mythmaking marvel, died Tuesday at 69. Sabol had been battling brain cancer since 2011.

It's not unusual to see a hockey practice this time of year. But the NHL singlets, which were turned inside out Tuesday afternoon at the Panorama Recreation Centre, were an indication this isn't like most other years.

It's all quiet on the NHL labour front. Neither side expects formal negotiations to begin until at least Wednesday, after the Jewish holiday Rosh Hashanah. The NHL locked the players out at 9 p.m. PT on Saturday when the old labour agreement expired.

ATLANTA 27 DENVER 21 Matt Ryan made sure he threw the ball to his teammates. That was more than Peyton Manning could say. During a stunning first quarter, Manning was picked off once, then twice, then a third time.

Veteran from Russia had 25 goals for Calgary Hitmen last season

Brad Keselowski began the season with a bit of goofiness, posting on Twitter during a red-flag stoppage at the Daytona 500. He's ending the year with a far more serious pursuit - for his first Sprint Cup championship.

South Korean wins by record nine shots

As the owner of the American Hockey League's Syracuse Crunch, Howard Dolgon isn't enamoured with another NHL lockout, even though it's good for business. He's torn, understandably. He loves the business.

For one of the rare times since coming back to the NFL, Pete Carroll saw the exact style he wanted the Seattle Seahawks to play with in their 27-7 rout of Dallas.