Reuters U.S. Sports Schedule at 2 PM EDT on Friday, Oct. 2
Oct 2 (Reuters) - Reuters U.S. sports schedule at 2 PM ET on Friday: - - - - The duty editor is Steve Ginsburg, 202-898-8427 - - - - NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE Out of Luck? Colts add QB Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck didn't begin practice on the field just as the team announced it signed Josh Johnson, an indication Luck could be out Sunday against the Jaguars. (FBN-COLTS-NEWS/, The Sports Xchange, moved, 350 words) - - Week 4 previews Capsule previews of all Week 4 NFL games including keys to the game, player spotlight and key matchup for all Sunday and Monday games. (FBN-TEAMNAME-TEAMNAME-PREVIEW/, moved, The Sports Xchange, by Derek Harper and Jeff Reynolds, 400 words per game) - - Dolphins ground LT Albert vs. Jets The Miami Dolphins will face the NY Jets in London without left tackle Branden Albert (hamstring), an ominous sign for QB Ryan Tannehill. (FBN-DOLPHINS-NEWS/, The Sports Xchange, 300 words) - - 3 things we learned about the Steelers The Steelers went conservative with QB Michael Vick at the helm, but went hyper-aggressive in overtime, when the Ravens capitalized to kick Pittsburgh with a loss. (FBN-STEELERS-ANALYSIS/, moved, The Sports Xchange, by John Perrotto, 498 words) - - Week 4: Injury report Team-by-team injury report for all Week 4 games. (FBN-NEWSINJURYREPORT/, expect by 2300 GMT/7 PM ET, The Sports Xchange, 1,000 words) - - NFL roundup News and notes from around the NFL. (FBN-ROUNDUP/, expect by 0000 GMT/8 PM ET, The Sports Xchange, 400-600 words per team) - - - - COLLEGE FOOTBALL Top 25 previews Capsule previews of the weekend ahead in college football. (CFB-TEAMNAME-TEAMNAME-PREVIEW/, expect by 2130 GMT/5:30 PM ET, The Sports Xchange, 450 words) - - CFB notebook News and notes from around college football. (CFB-NOTEBOOK/, expect by 2300 GMT/7 PM ET, The Sports Xchange, 400 words) - - - - GOLF Spieth claims player of the year honors Jordan Spieth - who else? - won again as the PGA Tour handed out its player of the year honor. (GLF-PGA-NEWS/, moved, The Sports Xchange, 300 words) - - Mickelson Design bumped at Torrey Pines on technicality San Diego officials expressed their disappointment that Phil Mickelson Design has been excluded from the renovation of the North Course at Torrey Pines Golf Course. Mayor Kevin Faulconer and City Golf Manager Mark Marney weighed in on the subject after Mickelson disclosed that a state regulation won't allow him to finish the design project he started three years ago. (GLF-PGA-NEWS/, moved, The Sports Xchange, 510 words) - - - - MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL Twins' season down to three pivotal games CLEVELAND - Now it's down to three games, at home, against the defending American League champion and current Central Division champion Kansas City Royals. Regardless of how those three games turn out, the Minnesota Twins are relevant again. (BBO-TWINS-NEWS/, moved, The Sports Xchange, 428 words) - - Guthrie recalls different days in hometown of Roseburg, Oregon CHICAGO - The Kansas City Royals' Jeremy Guthrie got a text message Thursday from a friend he grew up with in Roseburg, Ore. The news wasn't good, and caused each to feel deep sadness for those who still live in their childhood hometown. Each has moved away from Roseburg, a town of about 20,000 people, but a tragic mass shooting at Umpqua Community College, re-connected them for all the wrong reasons. (BBO-ROYALS-NEWS/, moved, The Sports Xchange, by Brian Hedger, 500 words) - - Angels need intervention for October prayers to be answered ARLINGTON, Texas - Just two nights ago, the Los Angeles Angels were in control of their playoff destiny and in the midst of making a furious charge at possibly defending their American League West crown. Losses in their last two games ended that dream and now the Angels need help to play on past Sunday. Thursday night's 5-3 at Texas eliminated Los Angeles from the AL West title contention. (BBO-ANGELS-NEWS/, moved, The Sports Xchange, by Art Garcia, 477 words) - - MLB Notebook News and notes from around the diamond. (BBO-NOTEBOOK/, expect by 2300 GMT/7 PM ET, The Sports Xchange, 350 words) - - Today's MLB schedule at a glance - - American League New York Yankees at Baltimore, 7:05 PM ET Boston at Cleveland, 7:10 PM ET Toronto at Tampa Bay, 7:10 PM ET Los Angeles Angels at Texas, 8:05 PM ET Kansas City at Minnesota, 8:10 PM ET Detroit at Chicago White sox, 10:10 PM ET Oakland at Seattle, 10:10 PM ET - - National League Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 7:05 PM ET Miami at Philadelphia, 7:05 PM ET Washington at New York Mets, 7:10 PM ET St. Louis at Atlanta, 7:35 PM ET Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee, 8:10 PM ET San Diego at Los Angeles Dodgers, 10:10 PM ET Colorado at San Francisco, 10:15 PM ET - - Interleague Houston at Arizona, 9:40 PM ET - - MLB Roundup Running capsule recaps of all the games on the MLB schedule. (MLB-ROUNDUP/, expect first version ASAP after conclusion of the first game of the day, The Sports Xchange, 500 words) - - - - NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION NBA roundup News and notes from around the NBA. (BKN-ROUNDUP/, expect by 2300 GMT/7 PM ET, The Sports Xchange, 280 words) - - - - NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE NHL roundup The latest news and notes from the NHL. (HKN-ROUNDUP/, expect by 2300 GMT/7 PM ET, The Sports Xchange, 350 words) - - - - AUTO RACING Rain idles NASCAR at Miracle Mile All on-track activities, including NASCAR Sprint Cup qualifying, were called off at Dover's Miracle Mile because of heavy rain Friday. (CAR-SPRINT-NEWS/, expect by 2100 GMT/5 PM ET, The Sports Xchange, special from NASCAR Wire Service, 450 words) - - - - TENNIS Muguruza to meet Venus in Wuhan final Former world number one Venus Williams salvaged a small bit of family pride when she fought back from a set down to see off Italy's Roberto Vinci 5-7 6-2 7-6(4)and reach the final of the Wuhan Open on Friday. (TENNIS-WOMEN/WUHAN, moved, 347 words) - - - - NORTH AMERICAN SPORTS Roundups of off-field developments in the major North American professional sports leagues. (Expect by 0000 GMT/8 PM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 400 words)
