Tebow may see speedy return
The Mets are hopeful Tim Tebow could be back on the field in the Arizona Fall League this week. The former NFL quarterback who is trying to break into baseball with the Mets was officially listed as “day to day,” after leaving Monday’s game with a right knee injury, Tom Goodwin said, “and we hope he’ll be back this week.”
Tebow injured the leg trying to steal second base in an AFL game Monday. Tebow had reached on a fielder’s choice and slid into second awkwardly on the steal attempt. He was thrown out on the play and came up holding his right leg. He walked off under his own power and was removed from the game.
“He was going to see the doctor today,” Goodwin said. “I think he will be back. We’ll have to see how he is (Wednesday morning).”
The former Heisman Trophy winner and Jets and Bronco quarterback is hitting just .147 (5-for-34) through 10 games in the AFL.
HARVIN TO BILLS
Retirement proved to be temporary for Percy Harvin, the once-dynamic playmaker who’s back in the NFL and returning to Buffalo to reinforce the Bills injury-depleted group of receivers.
Using the past six months to rest his mind and rehab numerous injuries that led him to walk away from football in April, Harvin was back on the practice field Tuesday, shortly after signing a one-year contract.
“It felt good, just the smell of the grass again, the smell of the pads when I walked in the locker room,” said Harvin, a former Jet.
Harvin returns to the team he essentially walked out on a year ago, when he elected not to travel overseas for Buffalo’s game at London. He said he might be ready to play when the Bills travel to play Seattle on Monday night.
l Washington left tackle Trent Williams was suspended four games for violating the NFL’s substance abuse policy. It’s his second four-game suspension, after testing positive multiple times for marijuana during the 2011 season.
l Authorities said Eagles wide receiver Josh Huff was charged with possessing an unloaded 9-mm handgun without a permit and a small amount of marijuana after he was pulled over for speeding. A court complaint filed in Gloucester City, New Jersey, said that Huff was pulled over on the Walt Whitman Bridge around 11 a.m. Tuesday.
l Lions defensive end Armonty Bryant was suspended three games for violating the NFL’s policy on substances of abuse. Detroit signed Bryant last month after being cut by the Browns at the end of a fourgame suspension for violating the league’s policy on performance-enhancing drugs.
l Chiefs RB Jamaal Charles is going back on injured reserve after developing swelling in his surgically repaired right knee.
CAVS, WARRIORS ROLL
Kyrie Irving scored a season-high 32 points and the host Cavaliers (4-0) remained undefeated, beating the Rockets 128-120.
Kevin Love scored 24 points while LeBron James added 19 points and 13 rebounds.
l Stephen Curry scored 28 points, 23 in the third quarter alone, and the visiting Warriors beat the Blazers 127-104 for their third straight win.