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Nelson hurt as Packers fall to Steelers 24-19 (Yahoo Sports)

Jordy Nelson caught the ball, spun and prepared to dart downfield. Two steps later, Green Bay’s Pro Bowl wide receiver was on the turf, his left knee injured and his season very much in doubt. While Nelson was able to gingerly walk to the sideline early in the first quarter of Sunday’s 24-19 exhibition loss to Pittsburgh, it might be the last sign of Nelson in his familiar No. 87

Blue Jays cap sweep of Angels with 12-5 win (Yahoo Sports)

R.A. Dickey’s teammates weren’t too concerned about the five runs he gave up in the first inning. The way the Toronto Blue Jays have been swinging the bats lately, it hardly mattered. Edwin Encarnacion went 4 for 4 with a homer and four RBIs, and the Blue Jays completed a thunderous three-game sweep of the Los Angeles Angels on Sunday with a 12-5 victory that vaulted them back into first

USC coach Sarkisian apologizes for behavior at team event (Yahoo Sports)

Southern California coach Steve Sarkisian apologized Sunday for his behavior and profane language at a team event the night before. Several people who attended the event Saturday night took to Twitter afterward to say that the second-year Trojans coach appeared to be drunk while using profanities in praising his team. Sarkisian also apparently disparaged several of the Trojans’ Pac-12 rivals and ended his comments with a profane version of USC’s