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FORGOTTEN Pirate Jason Doyle is back on a bike again after almost a year out injured and is targeting a dramatic Poole comeback next season. Doyle aggravated a shoulder injury in a spill at Newport in March and missed the rest of the 2009 British campaign. He returned to his Newcastle, New South Wales, home in Australia soon afterwards to undergo operations and recover.

I’d love to ride for Poole again, but I want to get fit for myself and get back over to Britain. I don’t want to be worried about a team place.   -Jason Doyle

 

The Nationals learned tonight that the knee injury suffered by Stephen Strasburg will not require surgery to repair . It's instead been diagnosed as a dislocated knee cap. As painful as that sounds, there's no ligament damage and the Nats' phenom will only require rest and some rehab to get the knee back up to full strength, though he'll still miss Saturday's Arizona Fall League championship game.  

Pittsburgh Steelers safety Troy Polamalu did not practice all week because of a left knee injury and will not play Sunday in Kansas City. He may miss the Nov. 29 game at Baltimore as well. Polamalu sat out the Steelers' second through fifth games with a ligament tear, only to injure the same knee during an 18-12 loss to Cincinnati on Sunday. • Sunday:  

Pittsburgh Steelers safety Troy Polamalu did not practice all week because of a left knee injury and will not play Sunday in Kansas City. He may miss the Nov. 29 game at Baltimore as well. Polamalu sat out the Steelers' second through fifth games with a ligament tear, only to injure the same knee during an 18-12 loss to Cincinnati on Sunday. • Sunday:  

U.S. Alpine racer Resi Stiegler will spend the rest of the season rehabilitating following a left leg injury on Thursday, Nov. 19 at Copper Mountain, Colo. The 24-year-old was taking a training run on the giant slalom course at Copper when she tangled in a gate near the bottom of the course and crashed hard. Copper Mountain Ski Patrol, U.S. team coaches and trainers helped put Stiegler on a gurney before taking her down the mountain and driving her to Vail Valley Medical Center for evaluation and treat  

The Senators are hoping they will be without winger Alex Kovalev for just one game. Kovalev missed practice today and will miss tomorrow's game against the Buffalo Sabres as he returned to Russia following the death of his mother-in-law. "We hope to have him back, in the best case, for Monday," when the Senators host Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals, said Senators coach Cory Clouston.

It could possibly be that early, but we understand if it takes longer.   -Cory Clouston

 

Guiseley star Lloyd faces a third operation to fix leg Guiseley wing back Anthony Lloyd is still in hospital awaiting a third operation on the leg he injured at Kendal Town a week ago before he can go home. The marauding 25-year-old, who began his career at Huddersfield Town as a trainee and went on to feature in a play-off final for the Terriers as they won promotion, faces a miserable Christmas, possibly on crutches, and then a long haul along the road to fitness. Lions boss Steve Kittrick said: "It

It is not looking good for Anthony because the injury is even worse than we first feared.   -Steve Kittrick

 

Joe Mays was once given the chance to start for the Eagles at middle linebacker, but he couldn't lock up the position. After Stewart Bradley tore his anterior-cruciate ligament in training camp, Mays appeared to be next in line for the position, but he lost out to Omar Gaither. Now that Gaither is out with a knee injury, and Akeem Jordan may be out for the second straight week with a hyperextended knee, it appears Mays will get another chance.

We'll have different combinations based on the situation   -Sean McDermott