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INDIANAPOLIS - The Indianapolis Colts have re-signed defensive end Josh Thomas and waived running back Mike Hart.

HOUSTON - The Houston Texans don't have time to wallow in their second straight difficult loss.

Commissioner Roger Goodell sent a wide-ranging memo about concussions to NFL teams Tuesday, saying the co-chairmen of the league's committee on brain injuries have resigned and that he is examining potential rule changes "to reduce head impacts."

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Los Angeles Lakers dominated the New York Knicks for three quarters before squandering much of their lead and holding on for a 100-90 victory on Tuesday.

WASHINGTON - Antawn Jamison had 32 points and 14 rebounds to lead Washington past the Philadelphia 76ers 108-107 on Tuesday night, hours after the death of Wizards owner Abe Pollin.

DENVER, Colorado (AFP) - The New Jersey Nets slid closer to the NBA's record of 17 losses to start a season by dropping their 14th game in a row, falling to the Denver Nuggets 101-87.

FLORENCE, Italy (AFP) - Fiorentina beat Lyon 1-0 to book their place in the Champions League knock-out stages with a game to spare and send 2005 winners Liverpool crashing out on Wednesday.

BUDAPEST (AFP) - Liverpool's miserable season continued as they were knocked out of the Champions League at the group stage despite a 1-0 victory over Debrecen at the Ferenc Puskas Stadium here on Tuesday.

MADRID (AFP) - Barcelona showed why they are the current Champions of Europe producing a football masterclass to defeat Italian leaders Inter Milan 2-0 at Camp Nou on Tuesday and move within touching distance of qualification for the knockout phase.

MONTREAL - Marc-Andre Bergeron scored his second goal of the game 4:46 into the third, leading the Montreal Canadiens to a 5-3 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday night.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - The American Hockey League is going outdoors.

ANAHEIM, Calif. - Jean-Sebastien Giguere made 41 saves in his first victory of the season despite allowing Jarome Iginla's tying goal with 18 seconds left in regulation, and Teemu Selanne scored the only shootout goal in the Anaheim Ducks' 3-2 victory over the Calgary Flames on Monday night.

FULLERTON, Calif. - Aaron Thompson tied his career high with 22 points, Jacques Streeter added 20 and Cal State Fullerton overcame a 25-3 deficit to beat New Mexico State 84-73 Tuesday night.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - J'Covan Brown scored 12 points, replacing guard Varez Ward who was injured in pregame warmups, and helped third-ranked Texas beat Pittsburgh 78-62 on Tuesday night in the championship game of the CBE Classic.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Demetri McCamey scored 21 points and No. 20 Illinois used a second-half run to beat Wofford 78-64 in the Las Vegas Invitational on Tuesday night.

LONDON (AFP) - Roger Federer said finishing the season as world number one counted among his greatest-ever achievements in the game, given the dramatic upheaval in his personal life during 2009.

LONDON (AFP) - Andy Roddick said he was up and running again having spent the most boring weeks of his life laid up with the knee injury that kept him out of the ATP World Tour Finals.

LONDON (AFP) - US Open champion Juan Martin del Potro kept alive his challenge at the ATP World Tour Finals with a 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (7/1) victory over Fernando Verdasco on Tuesday.

Each year brought more recognition to Curtis Strange. He was the first PGA Tour player to earn $1 million in a season in 1988, then he became the first player in nearly a half-century to win the U.S. Open in consecutive years.

RICHMOND, Texas - Lorena Ochoa and Jiyai Shin fought to the last hole for the LPGA's top player award.

RICHMOND, Texas - Lorena Ochoa and Jiyai Shin's duel for LPGA player of the year fittingly came down to the final hole of the season.

NEW YORK - Jimmie Johnson has put together the kind of winning streak that Johnny Damon and the Yankees can certainly appreciate.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - NASCAR has asked a federal court to stop lawyers for suspended driver Jeremy Mayfield from collecting information from the ex-wife of chairman Brian France.

Getting Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s team back on track is Rick Hendrick's top priority now that Jimmie Johnson has his record fourth consecutive NASCAR championship.

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. - Evan Lysacek and Kim Yu-na have discovered that the spoils of being a world champion are matched by the obligations. They're learning that their own high expectations might not measure up to those placed upon them by outsiders.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Tanith Belbin and Ben Agosto, the reigning Olympic and world silver medalists in ice dance, have withdrawn from next week's Grand Prix final.

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Vernon Davis stepped onto the ice and started moonwalking, fully confident he could conquer the sport of curling — or at the least be respectable. He is an NFL star, after all.

NEW YORK - Gretel Bergmann matched a German high jump record on June 30, 1936.

They don't all need glasses. But if you always suspected basketball referees are biased — well, you're right, according to a couple of professors who've studied the matter.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Standing behind the same podium where quarterback Tim Tebow delivered his now-famous promise 14 months and 21 wins ago, coach Urban Meyer vowed Monday to be at Florida "as long as they'll have me."