College Football

Weber State cracks Top 10

Coming off a 31-21 victory over Portland State on Saturday, Weber State cracked into the Top 10 in both the Football Championship Subdivision Coaches poll and The Sports Network FCS poll, both released Monday.

The Wildcats (8-2) moved up four spots to No. 9 in The Sports Network poll, while they climbed three spots to No. 10 in the Coaches poll.

Up next for Weber State is a Big Sky Conference game against Idaho State. A victory in that game would clinch at least a share of the league title for the Wildcats.

• No. 6 Sooners' English could miss next 2 games: At Norman, Okla., defensive end Auston English could miss the next two games for sixth-ranked Oklahoma after spraining his left knee.

Sooners coach Bob Stoops said Monday that English could be out "maybe three weeks" with the injury that knocked him out in the third quarter of Oklahoma's 62-28 win against Nebraska on Saturday. The Sooners (8-1, 4-1 Big 12) play at Texas A&M this week, then host No. 2 Texas Tech on Nov. 22.

• TE Coffman expects to play despite toe injury: At Columbia, Mo., tight end Chase Coffman sprained his left big toe in No. 13 Missouri's victory at Baylor but said Monday he expects to play this week.

Coffman set an NCAA career record for receptions by a tight end earlier this season and has extra incentive to play against Kansas State on Saturday night: It's the Tigers' home finale and his father -- former NFL Pro Bowl tight end Paul Coffman -- played for the Wildcats.

NBA

Utah Jazz to honor Jazz and Bees Olympians

SALT LAKE CITY -- The Utah Jazz will honor Olympians from the Jazz and Salt Lake Bees franchises on Wednesday when the team takes on the Portland Trail Blazers.

Five athletes from the Utah Jazz and Salt Lake Bees represented their respective countries at the 2008 Olympic Games in Bejing, China. The Bees and Jazz are each owned and operated by Larry H. Miller Sports & Entertainment.

Carlos Boozer (USA Basketball), Deron Williams (USA Basketball), Andrei Kirilenko (Russia Basketball), Matt Brown (USA Baseball) and Kevin Jepsen (USA Baseball) will each be honored at a pr-egame presentation. In addition, commemorative posters featuring each of the athletes will be handed out to the first 10,000 fans at the doors, courtesy of OC Tanner.

Fans can also purchase Olympic memorabilia signed by Boozer, Williams and Kirilenko by bidding at a silent auction that will be located between portals L and M on the main concourse. Bids will be accepted until halftime ends. Funds raised through the auction will benefit Bear Hugs for Kids, a program benefiting youth in the community via Larry H. Miller (LHM) Charities, a registered nonprofit foundation.

NFL

Bears await word on Orton's ankle

LAKE FOREST, Ill. -- One day after leaving the field on a cart, Chicago Bears quarterback Kyle Orton was undergoing more tests on his right ankle to determine the extent of his injury.

Orton was injured in the final minute of the first half in Sunday's 27-23 victory over the Detroit Lions, forcing the Bears to turn to former starter Rex Grossman. And Chicago might be without Orton for the next few weeks.

"I'm not playing doctor; you shouldn't either," coach Lovie Smith said Monday. "You should let us come and tell you once we know for sure exactly what the injury is. We're hopeful, I'll just say that."

Orton was examined after the game and underwent tests Monday morning, Smith said. More were scheduled for later in the day, but the odds of him being ready for next week's game against Tennessee certainly did not look good after he went down against the Lions.

Asked if the injury was more than just a sprain, Smith said: "It's an ankle injury. That's about all I'm going to tell you right now. Wednesday, I'll tell you more."

• Quinn replaces Anderson as Browns quarterback: At Berea, Ohio, here's a switch: The Cleveland Browns dropped Derek Anderson.

The inconsistent Pro Bowl quarterback, whose production this season has been slowed by dropped passes, was benched on Monday by the Browns, who will start popular backup Brady Quinn on Thursday night against the Denver Broncos in hopes of turning around a disappointing season.

The surprising and unexpected swap was announced Monday by the team, just hours after coach Romeo Crennel said he had no plans to make a change.

On Sunday, Anderson threw a costly interception that was returned for a touchdown in the final minutes of a 37-27 loss to the Baltimore Ravens. The pick prompted Browns fans to begin chants of "Brady! Brady!" for Quinn, the former Notre Dame star who has thrown just eight passes in two seasons.

• Schaub expected to miss 2-4 weeks: At Houston, Houston quarterback Matt Schaub injured his knee and will be out at least two weeks, possibly up to a month.

Coach Gary Kubiak said officials were still trying to determine the severity of the injury, but that Schaub was on crutches Monday.

Schaub injured his medial collateral ligament when he was hit in the knee by Jared Allen in the second quarter of Houston's loss to Minnesota on Sunday. He was limping after the hit, but finished the second quarter before being replaced by Sage Rosenfels after halftime.

"He took a heck of a shot and he tried to play through it," Kubiak said. "He was very courageous through the first half, but it was obvious that he couldn't protect himself."

Kubiak said he wasn't sure if he would need surgery and the current treatment plan is for him to rest and stay off his left knee. When he returns he will have to wear a brace.

MLB

Brewers open bidding for ace pitcher Sabathia

The Milwaukee Brewers have opened up the bidding for free-agent ace CC Sabathia.

Brewers general manager Doug Melvin said Monday that the team made a contract proposal to Sabathia over the weekend, but wasn't willing to discuss terms of the offer or assess the team's chances of keeping its prize pitcher.

"It's in their hands," Melvin said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press. "He hasn't really had a chance to talk with other teams."

• New Phillies GM Amaro signs 3-year contract: At Philadelphia, with the enviable task of repeating as World Series champions ahead of them, the Phillies turned to a former bat boy to take over as their general manager.

Ruben Amaro Jr. signed a three-year contract Monday to become general manager of the Phillies a quarter-century after he was handing lumber to Hall of Famers Mike Schmidt and Steve Carlton as a starry-eyed teenager.

Amaro just completed his 10th season as assistant Phillies GM and replaces the retiring Pat Gillick, who will remain with the team as an adviser. The team announced the move five days after beating the Tampa Bay Rays its second title in franchise history.

"Pat, you've made it a little tough for me, a tough act to follow," Amaro told Gillick at a news conference.

The 43-year-old Amaro, whose father Ruben Amaro Sr. was a Phillies shortstop from 1960-65 and first base coach for the club, recalled being around Schmidt, reliever Tug Mcgraw and shortstop Larry Bowa as a bat boy from 1980-83 -- in 1980 the Phillies won the only other championship in their 126-year history.