Torre

NEW YORK — Joe Torre will retire as manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers at the end of the season, and will be replaced by hitting coach Don Mattingly.

Torre took over the Dodgers for the 2008 season following 12 years and four World Series titles with the New York Yankees. Mattingly followed Torre to California as his heir apparent.

Torre is in his 29th season as major league manager. He turned 70 in July.

NEW YORK — The NFL chastised the New York Jets for unprofessional conduct but found no evidence that a female television reporter was "bumped, touched, brushed against or otherwise subjected to any physical contact" by any member of the team or coaching staff.Commissioner Roger Goodell said Friday while the "conduct of the Jets clearly should have been better," owner Woody Johnson and his staff acted promptly to correct the situation that arose last weekend when TV Azteca's Ines Sainz said she felt uncomfortable in the locker room.Goodell said that, as a result of the incident, the league will implement a training program for all 32 teams on proper conduct in the workplace and that the program would be underwritten by Johnson.

NEW YORK — The Team Marketing Report said Friday average ticket prices for NFL games increased 4.5 percent to $76.47, up from a 3.9 percent hike last season.The New York teams had the steepest increases after moving into the New Meadowlands Stadium.Jets non-premium tickets went up 31.8 percent to $114.64 on average, and the Giants rose 26 percent to $111.69. New Orleans raised its average 20.5 percent to $74.99 after winning the Super Bowl. New England's prices stayed flat, but it still had the highest average cost — $117.84.

PHILADELPHIA — Michael Vick will start for Philadelphia at Detroit Sunday, the first time he's been under center at the start of a game since his time with Atlanta — long before the world learned about his cruel world of dogfighting. Eagles coach Andy Reid made it official Friday when he ruled out Kevin Kolb because of a concussion.

ATLANTA — The NCAA turned down Georgia receiver A.J. Green's appeal Friday, letting stand the four-game suspension for selling an Independence Bowl jersey for $1,000 to a person deemed to be an agent.

MOTEGI, Japan — Helio Castroneves took the pole position Saturday for the Indy Japan 300, turning a lap at 201.992 mph to lead a Team Penske sweep of the top three starting spots Sunday.Ryan Briscoe was second, followed by series points leader Will Power and Dario Franchitti.