Sports Briefs September 21, 2010
Football
The Arapahoe County Sheriff said Denver Broncos wide receiver Kenny McKinley has been found dead in his home in Englewood, Colo., in an apparent suicide.
Authorities were called to McKinley's home in Centennial on Monday afternoon and found his body.
McKinley was a second-year pro who was on the team's injured reserve list. He played in eight games as a rookie in 2009 with seven kick returns for 158 yards.
The Broncos released a statement from coach Josh McDaniels, who called McKinley's death "a tragic loss."
• Nevada quarterback Colin Kaepernick has been named the Western Athletic Association's offensive player of the week.
Kaepernick had 329 yards of total offense in Friday night's 52-31 home victory over No. 24 California.
Idaho defensive end Aaron Lavarias and Idaho place kicker Trey Farquhar were named WAC defensive and special teams players of the week.
The vandals beat UNLV at home, 30-7, Saturday night.
Lavarias had four tackles, including two sacks. Farquhar had three field goals, one of them from 50 yards.
• The University of Montana football team continued its slide in the Football Championship Subdivision polls, falling from sixth to 14th.
Montana lost 36-27 on Saturday to Eastern Washington, which is ranked 10th in the FCS poll.
Baseball
Chicago Cubs outfielder Tyler Colvin remained hospitalized in Miami, a day after his season ended when part of a shattered bat wound up puncturing his chest.
Colvin was standing at third base in the second inning of Chicago's 13-3 victory at Florida on Sunday when he was struck by a sliver of Welington Castillo's broken bat. Castillo doubled on the play and Colvin scored.
A Cubs trainer said Colvin was hit in his upper chest, allowing air into his chest well and potentially into his lungs. He was being treated with a chest tube to prevent a collapsed lung and was expected to remain at a Miami hospital for a few more days for observation.
• Joe Torre has visited new Yankee Stadium for the first time, embraced Brian Cashman and started to mend the relationship with his former general manager.
Torre was at the ballpark to attend the unveiling of a monument for late owner George Steinbrenner. He had not spoken with Cashman since January 2009, just before the publication of a book that Cashman felt spilled clubhouse secrets.
Torre managed the Yankees to four World Series titles, then left after the 2007 season. He's now managing the Los Angeles Dodgers, who were off, and will step down after the season.
Basketball
Ron Artest of the Los Angeles Lakers says he's motivated to win another NBA championship because he's going to auction his ring from last season's title to raise money for mental health counseling in schools.
Artest says initial plans are to make it a raffle auction so fans everywhere will have a chance to end up with the ring. He said some celebrities and investors have offered him between $50,000 and $100,000 for the ring.
Soccer
Thierry Henry has been fined $2,000 by Major League Soccer for a celebratory kick last week that injured Dallas goalkeeper Kevin Hartman.
Following a goal by Red Bulls teammate Mehdi Ballouchy in Thursday's 2-2 tie, Henry kicked the ball toward the net. The ball struck Hartman on the right knee, injuring his medial collateral ligament,
MLS's disciplinary committee said the actions by the former Arsenal captain were unsporting. Henry apologized to Hartman and called it "one of those stupid things."
- The Associated Press