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Dolphins' Brown Out For Rest Of Year

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The Associated Press

Published: October 23, 2007

DAVIE - Things go from bad to worse for the Miami Dolphins, who lost running back Ronnie Brown for the rest of the season because of a knee injury.

Brown will need surgery to repair a torn ACL, Coach Cam Cameron said Monday. He twisted his right knee in the third quarter of the Dolphins' 49-28 loss to the New England Patriots on Sunday.

'His spirits are up,' Cameron said. 'He's already talking about getting the surgery and getting ready to get back and get it rehabbed and getting ready for spring.'

Brown has been one of the few bright spots in Miami's bleak season. Going into Sunday's game, he led the NFL in yards from scrimmage and had reached the 100-yard rushing mark for four consecutive games. Brown had 76 yards rushing against the Patriots on 17 carries, and had five receptions for 33 yards.

'He was having a Pro Bowl season,' Cameron said. 'There's no doubt about it.'

The Dolphins are off to an 0-7 start for the first time in their 42 seasons. They travel to London this week to face the New York Giants in the first regular-season NFL game outside North America.

Miami will now turn to running backs Jesse Chatman, Patrick Cobbs and Lorenzo Booker to take Brown's place.

On Sunday, the Dolphins also lost safety Renaldo Hill for the rest of the season because of a torn ACL, Cameron said, further depleting a position plagued by injuries.

LT, Chargers Among Wildfire Evacuees

SAN DIEGO - Reigning NFL MVP LaDainian Tomlinson was one of 40 members of the Chargers' organization who were forced to evacuate their homes as wildfires burned in San Diego County, and the team will spend the rest of the week practicing in Arizona.

The Chargers, who had just returned from their bye weekend, canceled practice Monday because of poor air quality and so the players could take care of their families, spokesman Bill Johnston said.

The Chargers, scheduled to host Houston on Sunday, announced they will fly to Phoenix today and practice at the Arizona Cardinals' headquarters in Tempe on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

The Cardinals have a bye this weekend.

'Our team is more than willing to accommodate them,' Cardinals spokesman Mark Dalton said.

No final plans have been made, though, he said.

As of Monday, wildfires fanned by fierce desert winds forced the evacuations of nearly 250,000 people in the county.

There was no immediate word whether any Chargers employees had lost their homes. Many players live in Poway and other suburbs northeast of downtown San Diego.

Trevor Hoffman, baseball's career saves leader, was among a handful of Padres personnel who had to evacuate.

Hoffman said he left his home in exclusive Rancho Santa Fe at about 6:30 a.m. and was heading north with his family.

Baseball Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn and his wife left their Poway home at 6 a.m. and were waiting out the fire at his daughter's house in Mission Valley.

'I think we're going to be all right, I hope,' Gwynn said. 'When we left it was fine, but who knows?'

Tomlinson couldn't immediately be reached for comment. His mother, Loreane, said from Waco, Texas, that he called at 5 a.m. PDT and told her that he and wife were looking for a hotel. 'I told him to keep me posted,' Loreane Tomlinson said.

If the Texans-Chargers game is moved to Arizona, Houston coach Gary Kubiak said he heard it could be played Sunday night or Monday night.

TEXANS: Quarterback Matt Schaub will be listed as day-to-day this week after X-rays of his injured right hip were negative.

VIKINGS: Quarterback Tarvaris Jackson has a broken finger on his throwing hand, an injury suffered in Sunday's 24-14 defeat at Dallas. Jackson has a fracture in the index finger on his right hand, Coach Brad Childress said.

TIME SWITCH? The NFL will move up the kickoff of the Monday night game next week in Denver by 30 minutes if there is a Game 5 of the World Series.

The league said Monday the telecast of the Green Bay Packers' game at Denver will begin at 8 p.m. EDT. Normally, the telecast would begin at 8:30 EDT, with the kickoff about 10 minutes later.

No starting time for Game 5 of the World Series between the Boston Red Sox and Colorado Rockies has been announced.

OBITUARY: Jim Mitchell, 60, a Pro Bowl tight end for the Atlanta Falcons in the 1960s and '70s, died after suffering an apparent heart attack at his Shelbyville, Tenn., home. He was 60. Mitchell played for the Falcons from 1969 to 1979 and was named to the Pro Bowl following the 1969 and 1972 seasons.

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