In Brief
MIAMI - The Miami Dolphins and Pittsburgh Steelers were investigating the possibility of moving their game up one day to Saturday because of the looming Hurricane Jeanne.
The Steelers will fly to South Florida today, one day ahead of their typical travel schedule.
Dolphins spokesman Harvey Greene said no decision would be made before this morning.
Hurricane Jeanne might hit Florida's east coast this weekend.
The Dolphins' season opener against Tennessee was affected by Hurricane Frances; it was pushed ahead one day to Saturday because of the storm's anticipated arrival. The Titans beat the Dolphins 17-7.
LONDON - Helped by a laboratory's big blunder, Tyler Hamilton will be allowed to keep his Olympic cycling gold medal.The International Olympic Committee Thursday dropped its investigation into a blood test from the Summer Games that showed Hamilton used a transfusion to boost his endurance. The decision was made only because the Athens lab mistakenly put his backup sample in a deep freeze - not because the IOC believes he was clean.Hamilton, who declared his innocence, tested positive for blood doping on Aug. 19 after his time-trial victory. But the finding could not be confirmed because there were not enough intact red blood cells in the second sample, the IOC said.
SAN DIEGO - Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Shawn Green will sit out Saturday afternoon's game against the San Francisco Giants in observance of Yom Kippur.The first baseman-outfielder said he will playtonight when the Dodgers and Giants, battling for the NL West lead, play the opener of a three-game series in San Francisco.Yom Kippur, the holiest day on the Jewish calendar, starts at sunset today. Saturday's game was given a 1:05 p.m. PDT start because it will be televised by Fox, and the Jewish Day of Atonement does not end until sunset that night.