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Positionless basketball taking hold in college 11/01/2014 01:06am • JOHN MARSHALL AP Basketball Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Basketball coaches long ago developed numerical shorthand for positions on the floor to define players' roles and help diagram plays.The point guard is referred to as the 1, the shooting guard 2, small forward 3, power forward 4 and the center is Coaches turning to secret scrimmages to tune up 11/01/2014 01:02am • DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) -- With the start of the college basketball grind still several weeks away, Kansas State and Nebraska took the floor for the first time this season in a quiet gym far removed from either campus -- a secret scrimmage.Wildcats coach Bruce Weber and Hu How Dietitians Handle Halloween Candy Overload 10/31/2014 12:00am • Halloween is upon us, and with it, the tempting abundance of candy in all shapes, sizes and flavors. If you want to keep the same pant size, you might need to have a strategy or two in place to deal with the excess. Here are some of the ways a slew of registered dietitians tame the candy beast in t Will Tukuafu to take fullback job for Seahawks 10/30/2014 09:00pm • CURTIS CRABTREE Associated Press RENTON, Wash. (AP) -- After two weeks of using Robert Turbin as a stop-gap, the Seattle Seahawks will turn to 285-pound fullback Will Tukuafu to lead the way for Marshawn Lynch.The Seahawks signed Tukuafu on Wednesday after electing to place starting fullback Derrick Dolphins coach Joe Philbin misses practice 10/30/2014 04:47pm • DAVIE, Fla. (AP) -- Miami Dolphins coach Joe Philbin missed practice Thursday because of a family matter while the team prepared for Sunday's game against San Diego.Philbin's absence was expected to be brief."I think he will be back shortly," defensive coordinator Kevin Coyle said. "I'm not exactly Romo: Back pain won't be reason he skips Sunday 10/30/2014 03:06pm • SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer IRVING, Texas (AP) -- If it's a question of tolerating pain, Tony Romo says he will play Sunday against Arizona -- and history supports him on that point.The issue in the 34-year-old Dallas quarterback's mind is whether he can run the offense while dealing with his th Riding the bus and a beach body: The surprising connection 10/30/2014 12:00am • For most of us, there's absolutely nothing sexy about riding the bus to work in the morning: It's crowded, someone is always yammering away on a cell phone and if you're lucky, at least your seat neighbor with the over-sized duffel in his lap showered before leaving home. Surely it's the last pl Gasol, Bulls blow out Knicks in Rose's return 10/29/2014 11:56pm • BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Derrick Rose spent way too much time sitting and watching the last two seasons.Yet he wasn't bummed at all about playing just 7 minutes of the second half in his long-awaited return."It was real fun being on the bench," he said, "being able to laug Chiefs QB Smith to practice after shoulder injury 10/29/2014 02:42pm • DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Given his long history of shoulder problems, nobody could fault Chiefs quarterback Alex Smith for a few moments of concern at halftime of last Sunday's game against St. Louis.Smith had absorbed a sack just before halftime, landing hard on his th High Heel Race hits the D.C. streets 10/29/2014 01:53am • WASHINGTON -- A longtime D.C. tradition, and one of the most unusual Halloween celebrations you'll see anywhere, shut down several streets near Dupont Circle Tuesday night. The annual 17th Street High Heel race features mostly men dressed in fantastic drag costumes who parade up and down part Bailey calls it a career after 15 years in NFL 10/28/2014 11:56pm • ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer DENVER (AP) -- Former teammate Brian Dawkins called Champ Bailey "a great conserver of energy," a rare superstar who was never in a rush to get anywhere "unless it was on a football field."In that dawdling, you can count retirement.That finally came Tuesday, 60 Cowboys awaiting word on latest Romo back injury 10/28/2014 07:53pm • SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer IRVING, Texas (AP) -- Tony Romo's dramatic return from his latest back injury doesn't mean he is cleared to face the next opponent.Coach Jason Garrett said Tuesday that Dallas was waiting on additional testing for an injury he says is unrelated to the herniated disk R Shared Belief completes final Breeders' Cup tuneup 10/28/2014 06:24pm • MIKE FARRELL Associated Press ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) -- Shared Belief, the morning-line favorite for the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic, polished off his final major training on Tuesday.While most of the horses for the championships on Friday and Saturday are already at Santa Anita, Shared Belief wa Love takes shot to ribs in Cavs practice 10/28/2014 04:30pm • TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer INDEPENDENCE, Ohio (AP) -- Cavaliers All-Star forward Kevin Love was hit in the ribs Tuesday and taken out of practice as a precaution.Love was not on the court when media members were allowed in for the end of Cleveland's workout. Cavs coach David Blatt said Love, acqui Backup tailback Rod Smith leaves No. 13 Ohio State 10/28/2014 03:59pm • RUSTY MILLER AP Sports Writer COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Reserve running back Rod Smith has left the 13th-ranked Ohio State team to deal with some personal issues and won't be coming back, team officials said Tuesday.Coach Urban Meyer confirmed Smith's departure in an email and told reporters during a B