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Tuck thanks Packers' Matthews for gift victory : Justin Tuck responds to Clay Matthews' comments that the Packers beat themselves versus the Giants in last season's playoffs.

Italy men top defending volleyball champ U.S. : The defending Olympic champion U.S. men's volleyball team has been eliminated from the London Games with a straight-set quarterfinal loss to Italy.

Logano mulling 2 full-time offers; Gibbs in play : Joey Logano is mulling offers for two full-time Sprint Cup rides next year, including one to remain at Joe Gibbs Racing, and expects to make a decision soon.

Felix dashes to elusive 1st gold in 200 meters : Allyson Felix of the U.S. finally got her Olympic gold in the 200 meters Wednesday night, overtaking two-time 100 champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica down the stretch to win in 21.88 seconds.

Felix dashes to elusive 1st gold in 200 meters : Allyson Felix of the U.S. finally got her Olympic gold in the 200 meters Wednesday night, overtaking two-time 100 champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica down the stretch to win in 21.88 seconds.

Sources: Browns' Richardson to have surgery : Cleveland Browns running back Trent Richardson is tentatively scheduled to have arthroscopic surgery Thursday to remove a "hang nail particle" of loose cartilage that is irritating his left knee.

May-Treanor, Walsh win beach volleyball gold : Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings won their third consecutive Olympic beach volleyball gold medal, beating April Ross and Jennifer Kessy on Wednesday night in an all-American final.

Liverpool v Gomel : Preview followed by live coverage of Thursday's second-leg tie between Liverpool and Gomel in the Europa League qualifying.

Antyukh wins women's 400m hurdles : Russia's Natalya Antyukh holds off current world champion Lashinda Demus to win Olympic gold in the women's 400m hurdles.

Reese takes long jump gold for US : American Brittney Reese secures Olympic long jump gold, but Great Britain's Shara Proctor can only finish ninth.

France and Spain feud rumbles on : France coach Vincent Collet refuses to condemn the actions of his players after tempers flared in their quarter-final defeat to Spain.

Quick Hits: Trout, Tigers, Marlins, Rockies : The Cubs were scheduled to play the first ever night game at Wrigley Field on this date 24 years ago, but the game was rained out, so it wasn't until the next day that the Cubs officially welcomed night baseball to the North Side of Chicago. Here are today's links, as the Cubs visit the Padres in San Diego... MLB executives discussed a possible Mike Trout extension with Kevin Goldstein of Baseball Prospectus (link at ESPN.com ). Trout could break records as an arbitration eligible player if he continues playing at an MVP level, so it might be surprisingly expensive for the Angels to lock the 21-year-old up. Tigers manager Jim Leyland gives president and GM Dave Dombrowski a ‘gold star’ for his work acquiring Anibal Sanchez , Omar Infante and Jeff Baker , Chris Iott of MLive.com reports. Leyland’s top priority was a pitcher, so getting Infante in the same trade as Sanchez was a bonus. “When it worked out that we got both

Brewers rally in eighth to cap sweep of Reds : Randy Wolf went six solid innings to keep the game close, which enabled the Brewers to rally in the eighth and finish a sweep of the first-place Reds with a 3-2 victory on Wednesday at Miller Park.

Beltre breaks late tie as Rangers take series : Adrian Beltre's sac fly broke a late tie for the Rangers, who hit four homers, including Josh Hamilton's 30th, en route to a victory over the Red Sox in the rubber game.

Beltre, Hamilton help Rangers outslug Red Sox : Adrian Beltre had a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the ninth inning after Texas blew a late four-run lead and the Rangers beat the Boston Red Sox 10-9 Wednesday.

Cologne v Arsenal - see it LIVE on Player : Watch a live video stream and have your say at #COLvAFC

UConn littled-used sophomore QB Nebrich says he is transferring : The University of Connecticut says sophomore quarterback Mike Nebrich has decided to transfer.

WEST VIRGINIA MAKES DOWN PAYMENT ON MANSION OF GREATNESS : Dana Holgorsen got a six year contract extension today from his employers at West Virginia University. The deal is standard in terms of money: $2.3 million a year plus bonuses, along with the clauses about "moral turpitude" allowing the university fo fire him for "habitual drunkenness" or other things we tend to like people for doing. He's now paid roughly the same amount of money as Charlie Strong at Louisville, and more than Rich Rodriguez ever earned there for coaching football. (Rodriguez made around $2 million a year in his tenure. You're damn right there are perks. a. b. $50,000 raise for Coach Cool Dog I Found At The Bus Station c. Use of a helicopter, this time without the breathalyzer d. (illegible scribbling) laser (more illegible scribbling) condoms e. By law, can force dealers in WV casinos to hit on 19. f. $30,000 promotion bonus from Commando, the official undergarment status

DAs want fines to fund child centers : Prosecutors in Pennsylvania hope to steer some of the $60 million in fines Penn State must pay the NCAA to children's advocacy centers across the state.