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Victor Cruz has torn patellar tendon

 PHILADELPHIA —  New York Giants receiver Victor Cruz was carted off the field, sobbing, with a torn patellar tendon in his right knee during the third quarter of a  27-0 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday night.

Down 20-0 at halftime, the Giants elected to try for a touchdown on fourth-and-goal from the Eagles’ 3-yard line.

Cruz got open in the back-right corner of the end zone, andEli Manning lofted a pass Cruz got his hands on. But as he leaped for the ball, Cruz’s right leg appeared to twist. As the ball tipped off his hands, he immediately reached for his right knee while still in midair.

The pass fell incomplete, and Cruz crumpled to the ground in obvious pain.

Players from both teams surrounded him while team trainers attended to him, and he was loaded onto a cart and taken off the field.

Cruz could be seen sobbing, with his face in his hands, while sitting with a trainer on the cart.

The injury could mean a larger role in the offense for rookie receiver Odell Beckham Jr.

But since the Giants are in three-receiver sets an overwhelming majority of the time and Beckham was already in on those, they’d likely need someone such as  Preston Parker or Julian Talley to step up as well.

It was the second significant injury of the game for the Giants, who lost starting cornerbackDominique Rodgers-Cromartie to back spasms in the first half.

Earlier this season, Cowboys cornerback Morris Claiborne suffered a torn patellar tendon, and he is out for the season.

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NFL SCHEDULE

Chicago at Carolina 1:00 pm FOX Bank of America Stadium – Tickets available from $50

Buffalo at Detroit 1:00 pm FOX Ford Field – Tickets available from $30
Houston at Dallas 1:00 pm CBS AT&T Stadium – Tickets available from $130
Baltimore at Indianapolis 1:00 pm CBS Lucas Oil Stadium – Tickets available from $36
St. Louis at Philadelphia 1:00 pm FOX Lincoln Financial Field – Tickets available from $80
Cleveland at Tennessee 1:00 pm CBS LP Field – Tickets available from $25
Pittsburgh at Jacksonville 1:00 pm CBS EverBank Field – Tickets available from $80
Tampa Bay at New Orleans 1:00 pm FOX Mercedes-Benz Superdome – Tickets available from $42
Atlanta at N.Y. Giants 1:00 pm FOX MetLife Stadium – Tickets available from $47
Arizona at Denver 4:05 pm FOX Sports Authority Field – Tickets available from $115
N.Y. Jets at San Diego 4:25 pm CBS Qualcomm Stadium – Tickets available from $39
Kansas City at San Francisco 4:25 pm CBS Levi’s Stadium – Tickets available from $54
Cincinnati at New England 8:30 pm NBC Gillette Stadium – Tickets available from $49
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Seattle at Washington 8:30 pm ESPN FedEx Field – Tickets available from $15

The Hype: Who Will Rise, Alabama vs. Ole Miss

The Alabama Crimson Tide and Ole Miss Rebels will battle it out in Oxford, Mississippi. With both teams heading into this SEC showdown undefeated, the game is bound to attract major attention.

Can the Rebels dethrone the Crimson Tide?

Watch the video and let us know!

12:00 PM No. 6 Texas A&M at No. 12 Mississippi State 1,910 available from $51
12:00 PM No. 20 Ohio State at Maryland 2,750 available from $61
12:00 PM Iowa State at No. 21 Oklahoma State FOX Sports 1 1,014 available from $43
12:00 PM SMU at No. 22 East Carolina 187 available from $19
12:00 PM Florida at Tennessee 880 available from $143
12:00 PM Purdue at Illinois 59 available from $36

Derek Jeter Creates Website Where Athletes Can Connect with Fans

Derek Jeter always did a good job of keeping his personal life private during his 20-year career with the New York Yankees, but now he is giving professional athletes an opportunity to be open with their fans.

Jeter has created The Players’ Tribune, a website that gives athletes a chance to say what they want without having to worry about their words being taken out of context.

NFL Report Cards: Team-by-Team Grades for Week 4

Any given Sunday…

It’s a term meant to describe the parity and the competitiveness of the NFL. Any team—any single team—can knock one of the big boys off their pedestal. There are no “Directional State Universities” or FCS Polytechnics to pick on, and Appalachian State-like victories over powerhouses happen far more often than once in a generation.

Chiefs’ Husain Abdullah Penalized Following Touchdown Celebration

Kansas City Chiefs safety Husain Abdullah’s fourth-quarter pick-six of New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady Monday night was a fairly unassuming play in a 41-14 blowout. What happened afterward has sparked controversy, however.

Abdullah was subsequently penalized for the celebration

NBA MEDIA DAY

LeBron sets tone at Cavs media day

INDEPENDENCE, Ohio — The satellite trucks started lining up for a spot close to the Cleveland Cavaliers’ training facility early Friday morning. A huge tent was erected onsite as a temporary media workroom to accommodate the hundreds of reporters on hand for LeBron James’ official return to the Cavs. He never did have a news conference this summer, if you remember. So whatever party the city of Cleveland was going to throw to celebrate the return of its prodigal son had to be Friday.