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PITTSBURGH — A dented chocolate football created by a Pennsylvania candy maker to poke fun at the New England Patriot's “Deflategate” scandal has ended up raising $20,000 for charity.

The ball created by Sarris Candies of Canonsburg was auctioned off Friday on KDKA radio to benefit the Dollar Energy Fund.

The fund provides utility assistance for poor residents.

A local car dealer bid $5,000 for the chocolate ball, and that price was matched by candy maker Bill Sarris. The utilities that help support the Dollar Energy Fund matched that $10,000.

The chocolate football was molded with a dent to make it appear deflated. Sarris posted it on Facebook as a joke and initially didn't intend to sell it.

Now he says, “It's going to a good cause, so that's the best thing.”

ATLANTA — The Braves pulled off another trade in their busy offseason Friday, dealing right-handed pitchers David Hale and Gus Schlosser to the Colorado Rockies for minor league catchers Jose Briceno and Chris O'Dowd.Hale pitched 45 games for the Braves last season, going 4-5 with a 3.30 ERA, and had been expected to compete for a spot in the starting rotation.Schlosser worked 15 games in Atlanta with a 7.64 ERA.The 22-year-old Briceno played in Class A Asheville, hitting 12 homers with 50 RBI in 84 games. He also threw out 44 percent of attempted basestealers.

PHOENIX — The NFL hasn't yet zeroed in on a specific team for a possible move to Los Angeles, and any move will be subject to the league's relocation policy, according to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.The Rams, Chargers and Raiders are candidates to move to the country's second-largest city, which has been without a team since the 1994 season.A company with ties to Rams owner Stan Kroenke has purchased a site 10 miles from downtown Los Angeles and has announced plans to build a stadium there.

SALT LAKE CITY — Gordon Hayward scored 26 points and grabbed 15 rebounds as the Utah Jazz upset the league's highest-scoring team, the Golden State Warriors, 110-100 on Friday night.It was Jazz's first win in three tries against the Warriors.Hayward showed no lingering effects from sinus congestion that held him out of practice Thursday. He added six assists to his double-double. The Jazz got a huge lift from the bench with 17 points from Trevor Booker and 15 from Trey Burke.Stephen Curry had his ninth 30-point game of the season.His fellow All-Star backcourt teammate Klay Thompson was held to 12 after scoring at least 22 in the last five games. The Warriors were never able to put together one of their trademark scoring runs.

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