Daily sport news

AP - Fourteen Colts players, including five defensive linemen, sat out Wendesday's practice, and two others were limited participants.

AP - American Shani Davis plans to skate in all five individual distances at the Vancouver Olympics in February and will not compete in the team pursuit.

AP - Manny Pacquiao upped the ante Wednesday in his standoff with Floyd Mayweather Jr. by filing a lawsuit alleging that Mayweather and others defamed him by falsely accusing Pacquiao of using performance-enhancing drugs.

AP - Texas Tech fired Mike Leach on Wednesday after the coach took the school to court to try to overturn his suspension for alleged mistreatment of an injured player.

AP - New Orleans Saints defensive end Bobby McCray issued a written apology on Wednesday concerning disparaging comments he made on a social networking Web site about the officer that arrested him after a traffic stop this week.

AP - American Shani Davis plans to skate in all five individual distances at the Vancouver Olympics in February and will not compete in the team pursuit.

AP - Kelsey Griffin made all nine of her shots and finished with 27 points in just 22 minutes, helping No. 13 Nebraska remained unbeaten with an 88-41 victory over Albany on Wednesday.

AP - There were huge divots, clumps of dirt and little traction on the Florida Citrus Bowl field.

AP - Sidney Crosby isn't the only kid on a Canadian Olympic hockey team that is being built around youth, speed and teammates who have grown comfortable playing alongside each other.

AFP - Manchester United closed the gap on Premier League leaders Chelsea to just two points after ending 2009 with a superb 5-0 demolition of Wigan on Wednesday.

AP - If grades make you a long shot for college, you're much more likely to get a break if you can play ball.

AP - Chris Flores scored 18 points to lead New Jersey Tech to an easy 67-31 victory over Polytechnic on Wednesday.

AP - Tennessee linebacker Keith Bulluck and cornerback Nick Harper have been placed on injured reserve by the Titans before their season finale at Seattle.

AP - Linebacker LaMarr Woodley predicts the New England Patriots and Cincinnati Bengals will "lay down" for their virtually meaningless games Sunday because they don't want the Super Bowl champion Steelers to make the playoffs.

AP - Last year, he called himself “the Susan Lucci of the NFL.” This year, London Fletcher is dealing with his latest snub by declaring himself a fan of the New Orleans Saints.

AP - A judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by a former University of Georgia football player who claimed the school's athletic department failed to secure him an insurance policy that would have paid out $500,000 if he suffered a career-ending injury.

AP - The House Judiciary Committee says retired boxing champion Thomas Hearns, former NFL players Ted Johnson, Kyle Turley and Bernie Parrish, and the Rev. Al Sharpton are among witnesses who will appear at next week's hearing on head injuries in football.

AP - Miles Austin of the Cowboys, Brandon Marshall of the Broncos and six other Pro Bowl picks are among more than 200 NFL players who would lose their status as unrestricted free agents this offseason if the league and its union can't agree on a new labor contract.

AP - The Indianapolis Colts have activated receiver Sam Giguere from their practice squad and sent quarterback Drew Willy to the practice squad.

AP - Texas Tech fired coach Mike Leach on Wednesday, just two days after he was suspended by the school as it investigated his treatment of a player with a concussion.