Miami Dolphins middle linebacker Zach Thomas will sit out Sunday's game against Buffalo because of recurring migraines. It will be the fourth game Thomas has missed this season, including two in September because of a concussion. He participated in full-contact drills Thursday but was held out of practice Friday and ruled out for the game. "That's the recommendation of our medical staff," coach Cam Cameron said.

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O.J. Simpson returned to a courtroom Friday for the second day of a hearing to decide if he should stand trial for allegedly storming a hotel room with five men and robbing two sports memorabilia dealers at gunpoint. A justice of the peace is being asked to decide if Simpson, Clarence "C.J." Stewart and Charles Ehrlich should face 12 criminal charges in the Sept. 13 encounter, which came off during Thursday's testimony as a crime so ill planned that it almost became comical.

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New Orleans Saints sacks leader Brian Young had arthroscopic surgery for left knee swelling and will miss Sunday's home game against the St. Louis Rams. "We'll see a time frame on his rehab, but it got to a point where we felt like this was the best thing to do," head coach Sean Payton said after practice Thursday. "It will be a week-by-week thing based on what they're telling me from a medical standpoint. Hopefully it's sooner than later that we have him back.

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Running back Larry Johnson's injured right foot "has made significant improvement," the Kansas City Chiefs said Thursday. Johnson, who rushed for more than 1,750 yards each of the past two years, was injured in the fourth quarter last week of Kansas City's 33-22 loss to Green Bay. Coaches have said he would almost certainly not play this Sunday against Denver. A Denver television station reported earlier this week that Johnson has a broken foot and is out for the year.

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David Carr practiced again Thursday, but Carolina coach John Fox still held off naming him the starting quarterback ahead of Vinny Testaverde for Sunday's game against Indianapolis. Fox said Carr, who has been slowed by a compression fracture in his lower back, responded well to consecutive practices. "He's looked good. I thought he had a good practice today," Fox said. "He didn't have any setbacks." Fox has said Carr will play if he's healthy.

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The struggling Rams could get a boost from the return of Steven Jackson after the running back practiced Wednesday. Coach Scott Linehan said that unless he suffers a setback during the week, Jackson will be on the field when the winless Rams host Cleveland (3-3) on Sunday. Jackson expects to be back without limitations after missing four games with a partially torn groin. "The groin is something, it feels good one day and the next day you may have a little tweak to it," Jackson said.

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