Reuters U.S. Sports Schedule at 2 PM EDT on Tuesday, Nov. 25
Nov. 25 (Reuters) - Reuters U.S. sports schedule at 2 PM ET on Tuesday: - - - - The duty editor is Steve Ginsburg, 202-898-8427 - - - - NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE Forsett, Hill unlikely stars for Ravens OWINGS MILLS, Md. - Justin Forsett and Will Hill are not new kids on the block, but the first-year Baltimore Ravens are improbably playing starring roles just months after both faced the possibility of being out of football entirely. (FBN-RAVENS-NEWS/, moved, The Sports Xchange, by Todd Karpovich, 475 words) - - Chiefs S Berry moved to non-football injury list Kansas City Chiefs safety Eric Berry is placed on the non-football injury list as he awaits confirmation of the initial diagnosis that a mass discovered in his chest is lymphoma. (FBN-CHIEFS-NEWS/, moved; may be led, The Sports Xchange, 400 words) - - Agent: Manziel sucker-punched Browns QB Johnny Manziel was the victim, not the instigator, in the early Saturday incident in Cleveland that police describe as a "riot" scene upon arrival at 2:30 a.m. That's the position of Manziel and his agent, Kevin Burkhardt, who was responding to allegations that Manziel and "his entourage" struck a fan who approached the rookie quarterback for a hug at a party. (FBN-BROWNS-NEWS/, moved, The Sports Xchange, 400 words) - - Eagles fight for first PHILADELPHIA - Coach Chip Kelly says the Eagles will not bring a cornucopia to Dallas, downplaying any holiday game significance, but the fight for first in the NFC East has importance. (FBN-EAGLES-NEWS/, expect by 8:15 PM ET, The Sports Xchange, 425 words) - - Dallas ready to feed Murray vs. Birds IRVING, Texas - DeMarco Murray remains the main course on the Dallas offense, and that formula will not change Thanksgiving Day. (FBN-COWBOYS-NEWS/, expect by 8:15 PM ET, The Sports Xchange, 425 words) - - Stadium cleared, Bills to host Browns Every ounce of the estimated 240,000 tons of snow that filled Ralph Wilson Stadium last week is gone. The Buffalo Bills will be able to play host to the Cleveland Browns on Sunday, days after the epic western New York blizzard buried the facility. (FBN-BILLS-NEWS/, moved, The Sports Xchange, 300 words) - - 49ers, Seahawks renew pleasantries Live reports from Santa Clara (Calif.) and Renton (Wash.) where the combatants in the NFC's top rivalry prepare for Thursday's primetime tussle. (FBN-49ERS-NEWS/, FBN-SEAHAWKS-NEWS/, expect by 9:30 PM ET, The Sports Xchange, 400 words) - - Saints stance: 4-7, still in first NEW ORLEANS - Another week, another loss. But the New Orleans Saints still control their playoff destiny. (FBN-SAINTS-NEWS/, expect by 7 PM ET, The Sports Xchange, 800 words) - - - - Lions eager to get to game day ALLEN PARK, Mich. - A lopsided loss at New England lingers for the Detroit Lions, who are more than pleased to place the focus on the next one - Thursday against the Bears -- on a short week. (FBN-LIONS-NEWS/, expect by 8:30 PM ET, The Sports Xchange, 600 words) - - NFL roundup News and notes from around the league. (FBN-NOTEBOOK/, expect by 7:45 PM ET, The Sports Xchange, 400 words) - - - - COLLEGE FOOTBALL CFP rankings: Who's in, who's out Where do Florida State, Alabama, Oregon and the rest stand in the College Football Playoff rankings? (FBC-NEWS/, expect by 8 PM ET, The Sports Xchange, 350 words) - - MEAC suspends 21 players after scuffle The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference suspends 21 players who took part in a brawl on Saturday in the Norfolk State-South Carolina State game. (FBC-NEWS/, moved, The Sports Xchange, 200 words) - - Hundley leaning toward NFL It appears that quarterback Brett Hundley won't be sticking around for his senior season at UCLA. (FBC-UCLA-NEWS/, moved, The Sports Xchange, 300 words) - - Buckeyes locked in on Michigan COLUMBUS, Ohio - Normally, when a team clinches a championship with games still to play in the regular season, there's a tendency to turn its attention to the postseason. That won't be a problem this week at Ohio State. (FBC-OHIOSTATE-NEWS/, moved, The Sports Xchange, by Doug Bean, 525 words) - - Wolverines emotional with Ohio State ahead ANN ARBOR, Mich. - When it comes to discussing the Michigan-Ohio State rivalry, Wolverines center Jack Miller dishes from the heart. "I'm not a fan of Ohio State," he says. (FBC-MICHIGAN-NEWS/, moved, The Sports Xchange, 475 words) - - - - NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION TSX covers all NBA games, highlighted matchups below - - Wolves lose Martin for 6-8 weeks Minnesota Timberwolves guard Kevin Martin will be sidelined 6-8 weeks after surgery Tuesday to repair a fractured right wrist. (BKN-TIMBERWOLVES-NEWS/, moved, The Sports Xchange, 275 words) - - Warriors at Heat MIAMI - Hot-shooting Golden State hits Miami with a 5-1 record away from Oracle Arena, while the revamped Heat are holding their own with Dwyane Wade out of the lineup. (BKN-WARRIORS-HEAT-FIRSTLEDE-WRITETHRU/ (PIX), expect ASAP after the 7:30 PM ET game, The Sports Xchange, by Walter Villa, 400-word first lede, 700-word writethru) - - Bulls at Nuggets UTAH - Derrick Rose returned from his latest hiatus but was tentative in a near-loss at Utah on Monday. Can Rose rev it up against Ty Lawson and the Denver Nuggets in a back-to-back situation? (BKN-NUGGETS-BULLS-FIRSTLEDE-WRITETHRU/ (PIX), expect ASAP after the 9 PM ET scheduled tip-off, The Sports Xchange, 400-word first lede, 700-word writethru) - - NBA Game Roundup Capsule recaps of every NBA game on the schedule. (BKN-NEWS/, expect multiple versions throughout the night, The Sports Xchange, 500 words) - - Today's NBA schedule at a glance Atlanta at Washington, 7 PM ET Golden State at Miami, 7:30 PM ET Detroit at Milwaukee, 8 PM ET Sacramento at New Orleans, 8 PM ET Chicago at Denver, 9 PM ET - - NBA Roundup The latest moves and news from the NBA. (BKN-NOTEBOOK/, expect by 6 PM ET, The Sports Xchange, 350 words) - - - - MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL Red Sox: Sandoval is 'perfect fit' BOSTON - Third baseman Pablo Sandoval says he's ready for a new challenge. General manager Ben Cherington and the Red Sox call the 28-year-old switch-hitter the perfect fit, and a solution at a position of need. (BBO-REDSOX-NEWS/ (PIX), moved, The Sports Xchange, 475 words) - - - - NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE TSX covers all NHL games, highlighted matchup below - - Kings at Predators NASHVILLE - Dominant defense has the Nashville Predators ahead of the visiting Los Angeles Kings in the points column, and top scorer Filip Forsberg continues to deliver in the clutch. (HKN-PREDATORS-KINGS-FIRSTLEDE-WRITETHRU/ (PIX), expect ASAP after the 8 PM ET game, The Sports Xchange, by James Dent, 400-word first lede, 700-word writethru) - - NHL Wrap: Blues, Ducks try to build on division leads The St. Louis Blues and Anaheim Ducks will each try to pad leads atop their divisions when they host the Ottawa Senators and Calgary Flames, respectively, in two of the seven games on the National Hockey League schedule. (NHL-HIGHLIGHTS/ (PIX), expect by 0430 GMT/11:30 PM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 650 words) - - Today's NHL schedule at a glance Winnipeg at Columbus, 7 PM ET Ottawa at St. Louis, 8 PM ET Los Angeles at Nashville, 8 PM ET Edmonton at Dallas, 8:30 PM ET Colorado at Arizona, 9 PM ET New Jersey at Vancouver, 10 PM ET Calgary at Anaheim, 10 PM ET - - NHL Roundup The latest moves and news from the NHL. (HKN-NOTEBOOK/, expect by 6 PM ET, The Sports Xchange, 350 words) - - - - ULTRAMARATHON Feature: Blood, sweat and tears yield ultramarathon joy LOS ANGELES - Running 135 miles through the searing summer heat of Death Valley in California before ending the route with a cumulative gain of 17,000 feet to reach the slopes of Mount Whitney? For the uninitiated, this scenario suggests a twinning of sadism with sheer lunacy. For the ultramarathoner, however, it is all about setting personal goals and trying to overcome every obstacle faced. (ATHLETICS/ULTRAMARATHONS (FEATURE, PIX), expect by 4 PM ET, by Mark Lamport-Stokes, 800 words) - - - - TENNIS Nadal will surprise us again, says Kuerten LONDON - Three-time French Open champion Gustavo Kuerten knows what it is like to have a career plagued by injury but believes Rafael Nadal will come back strong from his latest ailments. (TENNIS/NADAL-KUERTEN (INTERVIEW), moved, by Martyn Herman, 475 words) - - - - AMERICA'S CUP SAILING Portsmouth to host Ainslie team's races LONDON - Portsmouth, an historic naval town on the south coast of England, will host America's Cup World Series sailing races in Britain in 2015 and 2016 as part of the build-up to the main event in 2017. (SAILING-AMERICAS/BRITAIN, moved, by Alexander Smith, 375 words) - - JURISPRUDENCE Ex-NFL defensive back charged with domestic assault Former Washington Redskins defensive back Fred Smoot is charged with domestic assault following an altercation at a suburban Washington home. (USA-NFL/SMOOT, moved, 125 words) - - - - NORTH AMERICAN SPORTS Roundups of off-field developments in the major North American professional sports leagues. (Expect by 8 PM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 400 words)
