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There's never really a good time for the New York Jets to face the Patriots. Since Bill Belichick became New England's coach in 2000, the Jets are 7-13 against their rivals from Foxborough.

NEW ORLEANS - Running back Reggie Bush and defensive tackle Sedrick Ellis are not traveling with the New Orleans Saints for Sunday's game against Tampa Bay.

CLEVELAND - Former Seattle and Green Bay coach Mike Holmgren says he would be interested in working for the Cleveland Browns.

EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey (AFP) - The New Jersey Nets continued to slide toward the NBA record of 17 straight defeats to start a season on Saturday, dropping their 13th straight to the New York Knicks.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - Al Harrington and Danilo Gallinari each scored 17 points, and the New York Knicks kept the New Jersey Nets winless with a 98-91 victory Saturday.

LOS ANGELES - Clippers longtime play-by-play announcer Ralph Lawler and color analyst Michael Smith were suspended one game by the Fox Sports Prime Ticket cable network for their comments about Memphis center Hamed Haddadi.

ROME (AFP) - Inter Milan got back to winning ways in Serie A on Saturday with a convincing 3-1 win over Bologna at the Dall'Ara stadium extending their lead at the top to eight points ahead of Sunday's games.

PARIS (AFP) - Auxerre capitalised on slip-ups by Lyon and Bordeaux to move into a clear lead at the top of the French league on Saturday.

MADRID (AFP) - Barcelona dropped two costly points in a 1-1 draw at Athletic Bilbao on Saturday to fall a point behind new leaders Real Madrid ahead of next Sunday's eagerly-anticipated 'El Clasico' at Camp Nou.

LOS ANGELES - Jarome Iginla scored a goal in each period to lead the Calgary Flames to a 5-2 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday.

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Dany Heatley scored three times, Joe Thornton recorded his 600th NHL assist, and the San Jose Sharks beat the Philadelphia Flyers 6-3 on Friday night.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Christian Ehrhoff's second goal got Vancouver even in the third period, and Henrik Sedin then netted the go-ahead tally as the Canucks rallied to beat the Colorado Avalanche 5-2 on Friday night.

ASHEVILLE, N.C. - Jonathan Rodriguez scored 15 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead five Campbell players in double figures as the Camels defeated North Carolina-Asheville 85-66 on Saturday.

ALBANY, N.Y. - Karon Abraham scored 18 points to lead Robert Morris to a 107-76 win over Alcorn State in the 2K Sports Classic on Saturday.

VILLANOVA, Pa. - Chris Whitney rushed for a touchdown and totaled 206 yards of offense to lead Villanova to a 30-12 win over Delaware on Saturday.

LONDON (AFP) - Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will stage the last chapter of their battle to finish the year as world number one when the ATP Tour Finals get under way in London on Sunday.

LONDON (AFP) - Roger Federer admits the prospect of finishing the year as world number one ahead of Rafael Nadal will fuel his bid to win the ATP World Tour Finals in London.

LONDON (AFP) - Wimbledon champion Roger Federer insists his friend Thierry Henry shouldn't be blamed for the controversial goal that sent France to the World Cup at the Republic of Ireland's expense.

RICHMOND, Texas - More rain on already saturated grounds at The Houstonian Country Club washed out play at the LPGA Tour Championship on Saturday, forcing tour officials to cut the season-ending event to 54 holes.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Lee Westwood maintained his two-shot lead at the Dubai World Championships after shooting a 6-under 66 Saturday in the third round.

RICHMOND, Texas - Michelle Wie withdrew from the LPGA Tour Championship on Thursday after hobbling through her first round on a sprained left ankle.

HOMESTEAD, Fla. - Kyle Busch made it a double dose of celebration, winning the Nationwide Series championship before completing a lap and capping his night at Homestead-Miami Speedway with his ninth trip to Victory Lane.

HOMESTEAD, Fla. - Mark Martin has lost to Dale Earnhardt, Jeff Gordon and Tony Stewart — some of NASCAR's greatest drivers — in his frustrating bid for an elusive championship.

HOMESTEAD, Fla. - The head of Volkswagen's motor sports program is at Homestead-Miami Speedway, fueling speculation that the automaker is interested in joining Toyota as the second foreign manufacturer in NASCAR.

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. - John Napier practically grew up on the bobsled track at Mount Van Hoevenberg. For one day, he owned it.

MOSCOW - Marcel Hirscher of Austria won the second edition of the parallel slalom Champions Cup on a giant ramp in a promotion of Alpine ski events for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics.

KITCHENER, Ontario - Listening to her coach paid off for Joannie Rochette.

SAN FRANCISCO - Tim Lincecum has been so dominant in his first two full major league seasons that even his top bosses don't know how he can get much better.

LONDON - There will be no rematch.

NEWARK, N.J. - Retired NBA star Jayson Williams will not be in a New Jersey courtroom Friday to enter a plea in the 2002 shooting death of a hired driver.