NEW YORK — Alex Rodriguez's grievance hearing to overturn his 211-game suspension ended when both sides rested their cases, a day after the New York Yankees third baseman angrily walked out and decided not to testify in his own defense.

The sides set a schedule to file briefs and reply briefs next month, which will close the record and submit the matter to arbitrator Fredric Horowitz.

His decision on whether to uphold or alter the discipline for the three-time AL MVP likely will be made in January, a person familiar with the proceedings told The Associated Press.

Rodriguez's lawyers already are vowing to challenge the ruling in federal court.

NEW YORK — Michael Weiner, the plain-speaking, ever-positive labor lawyer who took over as head of the powerful baseball players' union four years ago and smoothed its perennially contentious relationship with management, died 15 months after announcing he had been diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor. He was 51.The Major League Baseball Players Association said Weiner died at his home in Mansfield Township, N.J.As Weiner's health deteriorated this summer, a succession plan was put in place. Former big league All-Star Tony Clark took over as acting executive director and is to be approved as Weiner's successor.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — There was a lot of finger-pointing in the sexual assault investigation involving Florida State's Jame is Winston after a DNA report linking the quarterback to the alleged victim was leaked to the media.Timothy Jansen, Winston's attorney, and State Attorney Willie Meggs held press conferences within minutes of one another. Jansen insinuated that the leak came from Meggs' office, an assertion the state attorney denied.Though it is still unclear who leaked the information, Jansen did reveal that Winston voluntarily gave a DNA sample to Tallahassee police last week, but said that even if it matches that of the alleged victim it wouldn't mean his client raped the woman.

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Notre Dame nose guard Louis Nix III will miss the team’s final two regular-season games and its bowl game after having season-ending knee surgery.Nix told the media that it was a hard to miss the rest of the season, but said he decided to have the surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his left knee after talking to doctors with the school and getting a second opinion from Dr. James Andrews.The 6-foot-2, 349-pound senior has been projected as a possible first-round draft pick.