WPPA / T-102 SPORTS / Saturday

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) - Wide receiver Eddie Royal will not play for the Denver Broncos in tomorrow's game with the Philadelphia Eagles. Spencer Larsen, a special teams player and backup inside linebacker, has a hamstring injury and also won't play.

NEW YORK (AP) - Except for the Olympics, the NBC peacock has largely faded from the forefront of the broadcast sports scene lately. Now with the pending merger of NBC and Philadelphia-based Comcast, that figures to change - slowly. A combined NBC-Comcast
could compete for more NFL coverage and fight to maintain its exclusive deal for U.S. rights to the Olympics.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Three weeks after No. 17 Pittsburgh blew a 21-point lead at home to end its BCS bowl hopes, the Panthers have gone from Sugar Bowl-bound to a matchup with North Carolina in the Meineke Bowl. Tomorrow's game has all the traps that lead to a flat performance: a team that wants to be elsewhere dealing with a hostile crowd.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - In a year filled with injuries to key players, the NFC East-leading Eagles (10-4) are on a record-breaking offensive pace. They need 18 more points to set a
single-season franchise mark. The current record of 416 points was set last year.

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE

Final San Diego 42 Tennessee 17

Sunday's Games

Buffalo at Atlanta, 1 p.m.
Houston at Miami, 1 p.m.
Seattle at Green Bay, 1 p.m.
Carolina at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m.
Baltimore at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.
Tampa Bay at New Orleans, 1 p.m.
Oakland at Cleveland, 1 p.m.
Kansas City at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.
Jacksonville at New England, 1 p.m.
Detroit at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m.
St. Louis at Arizona, 4:05 p.m.
N.Y. Jets at Indianapolis, 4:15 p.m.
Denver at Philadelphia, 4:15 p.m.
Dallas at Washington, 8:20 p.m.

Monday's Game

Minnesota at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

Final Miami 93 New York 87
Final Boston 86 Orlando 77
Final Cleveland 102 L-A Lakers 87
Final Phoenix 124 L-A Clippers 93
Final Portland 107 Denver 96

Saturday's Games

Memphis at Dallas, 3 p.m.
Atlanta at Indiana, 7 p.m.
Houston at New Jersey, 7:30 p.m.
Washington at Minnesota, 8 p.m.
Charlotte at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.
New Orleans at Chicago, 8 p.m.
San Antonio at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m.
Philadelphia at Utah, 9 p.m.
L.A. Lakers at Sacramento, 10 p.m.
Phoenix at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

Saturday's Games

New Jersey at Washington, 7 p.m.
N.Y. Islanders at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.
Columbus at Detroit, 7 p.m.
Ottawa at Buffalo, 7 p.m.
Montreal at Toronto, 7 p.m.
Philadelphia at Carolina, 7 p.m.
Atlanta at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.
St. Louis at Minnesota, 8 p.m.
Chicago at Nashville, 8 p.m.

AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE

Saturday's Games

Providence at Lowell, 7 p.m.
Syracuse at Hershey, 7 p.m.
Chicago at Grand Rapids, 7 p.m.
Hartford at Bridgeport, 7 p.m.
Manchester at Portland, 7 p.m.
Hamilton at Rochester, 7:05 p.m.
Albany at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, 7:05 p.m.
Adirondack at Binghamton, 7:05 p.m.
Springfield at Worcester, 7:05 p.m.
Toronto at Lake Erie, 7:30 p.m.
Milwaukee at Rockford, 8:05 p.m.
San Antonio at Houston, 8:35 p.m.
Dallas at Colorado, 9 p.m.
Los Angeles at Phoenix, 9 p.m.
Edmonton at Vancouver, 10 p.m.
Anaheim at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.