sThe Niners placed WE Bruce Ellington on IR with a hamstring injury and released LB Jason Fanaika to get down to the 75-man roster limit.---Online:AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.o

Some of the sports stories The Associated Press is covering Wednesday. A full Sports Digest will be sent by about 3 p.m. All times EST:- IRVING, Texas -- NFL owners meet to discuss the stadium situations in Oakland and San Diego, among other things, a day after a vote on a proposed venue by the Oakland City Council.- The AP announces its college football coach of the year, with Penn States James Franklin, Colorados Mike MacIntyre and Alabamas Nick Saban the top vote-getters. Announcement at 12:30 p.m.- BATON ROUGE, La. -- LSU has hired Pittsburgh offensive coordinator Matt Canada away from the Panthers in hopes he can make the Tigers run-heavy offense more dynamic and productive against some of the nations better defenses.- AUBURN, Ala. -- Auburn coach Gus Malzahn is hoping for a fully healthy backfield in the Sugar Bowl on Jan. 2 against No. 7 Oklahoma, with quarterback Sean White and tailback Kamryn Pettway recovering from injuries.- Despite that ugly loss at Green Bay last weekend, the Seattle Seahawks are in strong position to secure the NFC West crown Thursday night. Its hard to picture the Rams, who just fired coach Jeff Fisher following an equally distasteful loss to Atlanta, getting in Seattles way.- DAVIE, Fla. -- Teammates describe Matt Moore as a gunslinger, and hell have a chance to show what they mean when he makes his first start since 2011 on Saturday for the Miami Dolphins against the New York Jets.- DETROIT -- If anyone can understand what this seasons Cleveland Browns are going through, its the members of the 2008 Detroit Lions. Those Lions are the only team to go 0-16 in a season, but Cleveland is three losses from matching that infamous feat.- The NHL seems set up to enjoy hockey without labor-related headaches for at least two-plus seasons. That doesnt mean its a drama-free league.- LOS ANGELES -- Coming off its fourth 100-point game of the season, No. 2 UCLA puts its 10-0 record on the line against UC Santa Barbara. Game starts 10:30 p.m.- NEW YORK -- The Los Angeles Lakers try to snap a seven-game skid that has dropped them from .500 to 10-17 when they visit the Brooklyn Nets. Game starts 7:30 p.m.Custom Nike Baseball Jerseys Sale . Tests earlier this week revealed a Grade 2 left hamstring strain for Sabathia, who was hurt in last Fridays start against San Francisco. Its an injury that will require about eight weeks to heal. He finished a disappointing campaign just 14-13 with a career-worst 4. Custom Nike Baseball Jerseys Outlet . Louis Blues absence from top spot in the TSN. https://www.customnikebaseballjerseys.com/ . Pierce was ejected in the third quarter of Indianas 103-86 win Monday. George Hill stole a bad pass and was going in for a layup, and Pierce hustled back and appeared to be trying to wrap him up. Custom Nike Baseball Jerseys Store . The team also announced Tuesday that the Braves will wear a commemorative patch on the right sleeve during the season. The patch, shaped like home plate, carries the number 715, Aarons autograph and a "40th Anniversary" banner. Cheap Custom Nike Baseball Jerseys Free Shipping . The 31-year-old Spain midfielder hasnt played since Madrid lost in the Copa del Rey final to Atletico Madrid in May due to back and foot injuries.SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Colin Kaepernick will get one more chance to impress coach Chip Kelly before the San Francisco 49ers announce their starting quarterback even as the debate surrounding Kaepernicks refusal to stand for the national anthem remains heated.Kelly said Tuesday that Kaepernick will play in the teams final exhibition game Thursday night in San Diego after missing the first two preseason games with a tired shoulder. This will be Kaepernicks first game since he spoke publicly over his anthem protest, saying he wont stand during the anthem because of what he described as oppression of minorities in the United States.The 49ers declined to comment on whether there will be increased security in place for the game in San Diego when Kaepernick has said he once again will sit during the national anthem.Blaine Gabbert, who is also in the running for the starting job, wont play because he has gotten 30 more plays in the preseason and Kelly does not need to evaluate him further.Kelly said he will pick a starter for the regular season opener against Los Angeles on Sept. 12 sometime after Thursday nights game. He said Kaepernick remains one of his two best quarterbacks.Despite that, Kelly said general manager Trent Baalke will make the final call on whether Kaepernick remains on the teams roster after the cut to 53 players on Saturday.Its not up to me, Kelly said. Any decisions on this team are made through everybody. I do not have control of the 53-man roster. I dont sit there and say this is the 53 were picking. Its a group effort.Kelly said he wasnt sure how many quarterbacks the team will keep for the regular season. Rookie Jeff Driskel and Christian Ponder are the other two quarterbacks on the roster.Kelly said the swirling drama around Kaepernicks protest hasnt hindered the team as it prepares for the new season despite an increased media attention since Kaepernicks stance became public on Saturday.When you talk to our players, theyre focused on the 2016 season and how good a team the San Francisco 49ers can be, Kelly said. As we said all along, we recognize his right to express his feelings, but that doesnt affect what we do from when we get here at 8:15 in the morning and leave at 8 oclock at night.Perhaps the bigger issue when it comes to Kaepernicks status on the team has been his declining play. After leading the team to the Super Bowl following the 2012 season and getting back to the NFC championship game the following year, Kaepernicks play has regressed.dddddddddddde ended up losing his starting job to Gabbert midway through last season and then underwent three operations in the offseason on his non-throwing shoulder, right thumb and left knee. He couldnt participate in the offseason program and lost weight during his rehabilitation.Kaepernick then missed nearly two weeks of training camp with a tired shoulder and was ineffective in his first appearance of the preseason last Friday night against Green Bay.Kaepernicks protest has drawn reaction from around the world from athletes, politicians and others. Hall of Fame running back Jim Brown, a civil rights activist during his career, told NFL Network that Kaepernick makes all the sense in the world and that he stands behind him 100 percent.But Brown also said he would not choose to protest in this manner.Now if you ask me, `Would I do that? No I wont, because I see it a little differently, he said. Im an American citizen, I pay my taxes, I want my equal rights but this is my country, and consequently I dont want to open up for ISIS or anybody that will take away what weve already gained.Hall of Fame basketball player Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, another activist from the 1960s, said it is more concerning that the country still faces many of the same issues that athletes like himself, Brown, boxer Muhammad Ali, and Olympic sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos protested nearly a half-century ago.What should horrify Americans is not Kaepernicks choice to remain seated during the national anthem, but that nearly 50 years after Ali was banned from boxing for his stance and Tommie Smith and John Carloss raised fists caused public ostracization and numerous death threats, we still need to call attention to the same racial inequities, Abdul-Jabbar wrote in the Washington Post on Tuesday. Failure to fix this problem is whats really un-American here.Game notesThe Niners placed WE Bruce Ellington on IR with a hamstring injury and released LB Jason Fanaika to get down to the 75-man roster limit.---Online:AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '