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NHL roundup: Bills to play at home Sunday
The Buffalo Bills will be able to play host to the Cleveland Browns on Sunday in Ralph Wilson Stadium after last week’s massive snowstorm in western New York buried the facility.
Bills president Russ Brandon announced Tuesday that the stadium should be fully operational by Sunday. The team was forced to move last week’s game against the New York Jets to Monday night in Detroit because of the snow. Buffalo came away with a 38-3 win in Ford Field.
Brandon said there is some minor damage to the Bills’ stadium, but there are no structural concerns caused by more than 5 feet of snow that enveloped the region.
—The Denver Broncos, in search of a replacement for struggling kicker Brandon McManus, reached a contract agreement with veteran Connor Barth and released McManus on Tuesday.
The Broncos brought in Barth and Jay Feely for a tryout before signing Barth.
The 28-year-old Barth spent four seasons with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers before he was released in training camp this year after making both of his field goal attempts int he preseason. He sat out the 2013 season after tearing his Achilles tendon while playing basketball at a charity event. Barth’s last active season with the Bucs was in 2012, when he made 28 of 33 field goal attempts (84.8 percent). .
The 23-year-old McManus missed a 33-yard field goal attempt in the Broncos’ 39-36 loss to the Miami Dolphins on Sunday and ranks last in the NFL with a .692 field goal conversion rate, making 9 of 13 tries.
—Kansas City Chiefs safety Eric Berry was placed on the non-football injury list as he awaits confirmation of the initial diagnosis that a mass discovered in his chest is lymphoma.
Berry will not play the rest of the season and was replaced on the roster by defensive lineman Nick Williams. The mass was discovered after Thursday night’s game against the Oakland Raiders. Berry experienced pain during the game, and a series of tests performed in Oakland and Kansas City revealed the mass.
Chiefs trainer Rick Burkholder said the “leading consideration” for what Berry has is lymphoma. Berry is scheduled to visit a lymphoma specialist at Emory University in Atlanta on Tuesday.
—Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel was the victim, not the instigator, in the early Saturday morning incident in Cleveland that police described as a “riot” scene upon arrival at 2:30 a.m.
That’s the position of Manziel and his agent, Kevin Burkhardt, who was responding to allegations that Manziel and “his entourage” struck a fan who approached the rookie quarterback for a hug at a party.
Browns head coach Mike Pettine said Monday night that the incident was unfortunate but credited Manziel for his professionalism while at the team facility.
—Tight end Cameron Brate was signed to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ active roster from the practice squad and the team also signed tight end D.J. Williams.
Wide receiver Marcus Thigpen was waived and linebacker Denicos Allen, tight end Taylor Sloat and fullback Evan Rodriguez to the practice squad, while releasing tight end Ted Bolser and cornerback Quinton Pointer from the practice squad.
Brate was promoted after spending all 12 weeks on the Buccaneers practice squad this season. The Harvard product joined the team as an undrafted free agent.
—New Orleans Saints nose tackle Brodrick Bunkley suffered a torn quad Monday against the Baltimore Ravens, the team fears.
It would deal another blow to the Saints’ run defense, which is giving up 123.8 rushing yards per game. The Ravens rushed for 215 yards and averaged 6.7 yards per carry in Monday’s loss, the third in a row for New Orleans.
Bunkley was injured in the first quarter Monday. He has started every game this season, while totaling 17 tackles (eight solo) and zero sacks in 11 games.
The Cincinnati Bengals placed right tackle Andre Smith on season-ending injured reserve Tuesday with a torn left triceps.
Smith suffered the injury, confirmed Monday with an MRI, in the Bengals’ 22-13 win over the Houston Texans on Sunday while trying to block defensive end J.J. Watt in the first quarter. He had returned to the lineup after missing two games with a sprained ankle.
To replace Smith on the roster, the Bengals signed veteran offensive tackle Jamon Meredith, who has started 24 games during a six-year NFL career. He was with the Indianapolis Colts for nine games this season and played in four before he was waived on Nov. 4.
—The Arizona Cardinals signed running back Michael Bush on Tuesday in an attempt to bolster their ground game and released Kerwynn Williams to make room on the roster.
The Cardinals also released offensive tackle Kelvin Palmer from the practice squad.
Bush played in 15 games for the Chicago Bears last season. He was released by the team in March. In a seven-year NFL career, Bush has 3,250 yards and 29 touchdowns on 809 carries and 104 receptions for 1,010 yards and two touchdowns. A fourth-round pick by Oakland in the 2007 NFL Draft, he had his best season with the Raiders in 2011 when he ran for 977 yards and seven touchdowns.
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