Daily sport news

AP - JoePa visits the Bear's house. The 'Canes blow into the Horseshoe for a rematch of the 2002 national championship game. Florida State's first big game post-Bowden takes place in Norman, Okla., a rematch of the 2000 national title game.

AP - Kentucky recruit Enes Kanter received more than $100,000 in cash and benefits while he played for a professional team in Turkey, the club's general manager told The New York Times.

AFP - Inter Milan president Massimo Moratti dismissed speculation linking Brazilian star Kaka with a move to the nerazzurri.

AFP - FIFA World Cup inspectors visited New York as part of a three-day, five-city US tour that includes breakfast at the White House.

AFP - The New Orleans Saints are seeking their second-straight Super Bowl rings as the 2010 National Football League season is set to begin this week with 14 players serving suspensions.

Appolicious - There's something unseemly about an athlete-driven app that doesn't seem to have any of the athlete's personality. That assumes that I can deduce what sort of person New York Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia is when the cameras aren't rolling, I suppose, but I'd have to guess he's much more interesting than his app would have you believe.

AFP - Rafael Nadal kept his perfect record intact at the US Open as he powered past Spanish compatriot Feliciano Lopez into the quarter-finals.

AP - Placido Polanco hit a tiebreaking single in the eighth inning and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Florida Marlins 8-7 Tuesday night to move into first place in the NL East.

AP - In a season that didn't go as planned for Trevor Hoffman, baseball's career saves leader added another milestone to his illustrious career.

AP - Trying to complete a career Grand Slam, Rafael Nadal has won all 12 sets he's played so far at the 2010 U.S. Open.

AP - Travis Hafner hit a go-ahead homer that was upheld by video replay and No. 9 batter Lou Marson broke the game open later in the sixth inning with his first career grand slam, leading the Cleveland Indians to a 6-1 victory over the fast-fading Los Angeles Angels on Tuesday night.

AP - Doug Fister won for the second time in nearly four months, Adam Moore homered and the Seattle Mariners broke out of a long scoring slump to beat the Oakland Athletics 7-5 on Tuesday night.

AP - Mat Latos bounced back from stomach flu to strike out 10 for the third time in four starts, pitching the NL West-leading San Diego Padres to a 2-1 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday night.

AP - Carlos Gonzalez hit a three-run homer, Jhoulys Chacin pitched six strong innings and the rolling Colorado Rockies beat the Cincinnati Reds 4-3 on Tuesday night for their fifth consecutive win.

AP - The Oakland Athletics, along with the MLS San Jose Earthquakes, have selected an architect to design the teams' proposed privately funded stadiums.

AP - Coty Blanchard is a little overwhelmed.

AFP - As the last American singles player in the US Open, Venus Williams carries all the hopes of the host nation, although she does not want to look at it that way.

AP - Ben Roethlisberger loves to be the guy who gets his team out of trouble, throws the big touchdown pass, makes the play that changes a season.

AP - More AP Top 25 voters are buying into Boise State as the No. 1 team in the country. Boise State gained seven first-place votes and closed in on No. 1 Alabama and No. 2 Ohio State as the top three teams in the first regular season Associated Press football poll held their spots from the preseason.

AP - The Cincinnati Reds have recalled pitcher Edinson Volquez from Class-A Dayton, and he could start Saturday against Pittsburgh in place of Aaron Harang.