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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2013 SPORTS Tebow cut by Patriots F1’s ‘transfer’ window CSKA reject Honda bid, FOXBOROUGH: A person familiar with the situation says Tim Tebow has been cut by the New England Patriots. After being let go by his third team in 18 months - and with the set to close at Monza Kaka back on menu regular season just five days away - the quarterback’s chances of immediately catching MILAN: AC Milan will put off signing Japanese forward Keisuke Honda until January, on with another team seem slim. The person spoke on condition of anonymity Saturday LONDON: Formula One’s silly season has become more like meaning the focus is now on bringing Real Madrid forward Kaka back to the club, because the Patriots had not announced the move. It was first reported by ESPN. European football’s transfer window with every passing year. Just as reports in Italy said yesterday. Tebow’s stay with the Patriots lasted just under 12 weeks and could be the end of his NFL the top clubs and top players jostle work for the best deals for their career. The former Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Milan CEO Adriano Galliani confirmed Friday he was trying to lure futures, so do the top teams and drivers. Honda or Kaka to the club, with the priority being the Japan inter- played in just three of New England’s four preseason The only difference is that football has a deadline. F1, however, games and was sacked four times in the finale, a 28-20 national forward because he could fill in for Kevin-Prince Boateng, has Monza - the traditional unofficial race meeting at which most of sold to Schalke 04 on Friday. Reports on Saturday, however, said win over the New York Giants on Thursday night. The the main ‘transfers’ are completed or confirmed. Patriots have carried just two quarterbacks in three of Milan’s 3m euro bid, plus bonuses, for the CSKA Moscow player Down the years, the Italian Grand Prix has been the scene of had been rejected by the Russian club. the past four seasons, and with Ryan Mallett many major announcements - including Ayrton Senna’s move from entrenched as the backup to Tom Brady, Tebow’s chal- Gazzetta dello Sport said Milan will now hope to sign Honda Lotus to McLaren as Alain Prost’s partner, Nigel Mansell’s angry con- in January on a free transfer as his contract expires on December lenge was a difficult one, even before the preseason firmation that he was to leave Williams on learning that Prost was on started. Then, he went out and posted a quarterback rat- 31, meaning they can turn their attention on luring 31-year-old his way and Michael Schumacher’s infamous overnight switch from ing of just 47.2 and threw two touchdown passes to go Kaka back to the club where he scored 70 goals in 193 Jordan, after just one race, to join Benetton. along with two interceptions and seven sacks. appearances between 2003 and 2009. Kaka launched When New England signed him on June 11, it appeared And that is just a brief example picked from the early 1990’s. a come and get me plea to the Rossoneri in mid- that coach Bill Belichick might find other positions for This year is no different. The drivers’ market, as so often, appears to week and although he appears keen to return- the versatile, mobile Tebow to play, but he never be in a state of suspended animation as Kimi Raikkonen waits to with the carrot of regular playing time a year worked out with any unit other than the quarter- make a decision - choosing, it seems, between staying with Lotus or before Brazil hosts the World Cup-there are backs with the Patriots.—AP moving on.—AFP disagreements over personal terms.—AFP Orioles fall to Yankees NEW YORK: Ichiro Suzuki hit a two-run homer and Robinson Cano singled in two runs during a five-run fifth inning that helped the New York Yankees pick up an ineffective CC Sabathia and beat the Baltimore Orioles 8-5 Friday night. Alfonso Soriano connected for a two-run shot in the fourth off Miguel Gonzalez (8-7), and Alex Rodriguez had an RBI single in the sev- enth inning of a late August game that felt more like October. In a playoff-race twist, Mark Reynolds had three hits, including an RBI double when the Yankees batted around in the fifth. Last year he helped Baltimore reach its first postseason since 1997 with seven homers and 11 RBIs in seven games against New York beginning on Aug. 31. An August pickup by New York from Cleveland this season, Reynolds was right in the mix as the Yankees gained ground in the wild-card PITTSBURGH: Randy Choate No. 36 of the St. Louis Cardinals pitches in the eighth race. They began the day 11/2 games behind the inning against the Pittsburgh Pirates. — AFP Orioles, who trailed Oakland by 31/2 for the second AL wild card. Sabathia (12-11) lasted just 5 2-3 innings Pirates and Dodgers roll and yielded five runs and seven hits. PITTSBURGH: Garrett Jones hit his 100th Papelbon got three outs for his 23rd save. TWINS 3, RANGERS 2 career homer and drove in four runs as In Arlington, Chris Herrmann hit a tying, two-run homer to break up Yu Darvish’s no-hit bid in the sev- Francisco Liriano and the Pittsburgh Pirates METS 3, NATIONALS 2 enth inning, Justin Morneau followed with a home run beat St. Louis 5-0 Friday night to tie the In Washington, Ike Davis hit a two-run NEW YORK: Pitcher Scott Feldman No. 34 of the Baltimore Orioles delivers a pitch against the and Minnesota beat Texas. Cardinals atop the NL Central. homer, Daniel Murphy scored from second on New York Yankees in a MLB baseball game at Yankee Stadium. — AFP Minnesota snapped a five-game losing streak on a The slumping Jones had three hits and a grounder and Dillon Gee allowed two runs night when it looked as if the strikeout-prone Twins Russell Martin added his 12th homer of the over 7 2-3 innings to help New York beat had no chance against the AL’s strikeout leader. MLB results/standings season. Jose Tabata and Neil Walker got two Washington. Instead, Darvish (12-6) had a third straight start hits as the Pirates moved within four victories Gee (10-9) gave up six hits, struck out three without a win and the right-hander’s home run total Philadelphia 6, Chicago Cubs 5; NY Yankees 8, Baltimore 5; NY Mets 3, Washington 2; Pittsburgh 5, St. of their first winning season in 21 years. and walked one, outpitching Jordan jumped to 22 after the Japanese ace allowed 14 his Louis 0; Toronto 3, Kansas City 2; Detroit 7, Cleveland 2 (7 innings); Boston 4, Chicago White Sox 3; Liriano (15-6) allowed two hits over eight Zimmermann as the Mets won for the third entire rookie season. Twins starter Liam Hendriks (1-2) Atlanta 2, Miami 1; Minnesota 3, Texas 2; LA Angels 5, Milwaukee 0; Seattle 7, Houston 1; Colorado 9, innings, walking two and striking out six to time in nine games. got his second career win by holding Texas to one Cincinnati 6; San Francisco 1, Arizona 0; Oakland 4, Tampa Bay 3; LA Dodgers 9, San Diego 2. reach 15 wins for the first time. The Nationals, trying to work their way into earned run in six innings. Glen Perkins struck out two Jones came in hitting .119 in August but the NL pennant race, lost for just the second in a perfect ninth for his 31st save in 34 chances. American League National League broke out against Shelby Miller (12-9). Jones time in 10. Washington is 61/2 games behind Eastern Division Eastern Division hit a two-run double in the first inning, added Cincinnati for the second wild card. RED SOX 4, WHITE SOX 3 W L PCT GB Atlanta 82 52 .612 - a long shot to right field off Miller in the Wilson Ramos and pinch-hitter Steve In Boston, Ryan Dempster returned from his sus- Boston 80 56 .588 - fourth and followed it up with an RBI single in Lombardozzi homered for the Nationals. Washington 68 66 .507 14 pension for hitting Alex Rodriguez and pitched into Tampa Bay 75 58 .564 3.5 the fifth. Zimmermann (15-8) went 7 2-3 innings but Philadelphia 62 73 .459 20.5 the seventh inning, leading Boston over Chicago for Baltimore 71 62 .534 7.5 That was plenty for Liriano. The left-hander remained tied with Adam Wainwright for the its fifth win in six games. David Ortiz snapped an 0-for- NY Mets 61 72 .459 20.5 is in the midst of a mid-career revival with the NL lead in wins. LaTroy Hawkins earned his NY Yankees 71 63 .530 8 Miami 49 84 .368 32.5 23 slump with a two-run single for the AL East leaders. Toronto 61 74 .452 18.5 Pirates and he had little trouble improving to sixth save. Dempster (7-9), penalized five games for plunking A- Central Division Central Division 4-0 against the Cardinals. Rod on Aug. 18, held Chicago hitless through the first Pittsburgh 78 56 .582 - Detroit 79 56 .585 - ROCKIES 9, REDS 6 four innings. He allowed three runs and five hits in 6 1- St.