Bills name Fewell interim head coach
BUFFALO, N.Y., Nov. 17 (UPI) -- Buffalo Bills defensive coordinator Perry Fewell was named the team's interim head coach Tuesday, replacing the fired Dick Jauron.
"Perry Fewell will be our interim head coach," Bills owner Ralph Wilson said in a statement. "Perry has done a great job with our defense and has demonstrated excellent leadership skills as defensive coordinator."
Fewell, 47, became a head coach for the first time after working 12 years as an NFL assistant coach. He was Jauron's defensive coordinator for the past four seasons.
The announcement came only hours after Wilson announced Jauron had been fired midway through his fourth losing season.
The Bills are 3-6 this season after a 41-17 thumping by Tennessee Sunday and have finished 7-9 in each of Jauron's three complete seasons leading the team.
Before joining Buffalo, Jauron, 59, spent two seasons with Detroit as defensive coordinator and produced a 1-4 mark as interim coach of the Lions in 2005.
Jauron also had a losing record as coach of the Chicago Bears, going 35-46 in five seasons from 1999 through 2003.
He was the NFL Coach of the Year in 2001 when the Bears went 13-3, his only winning season.
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Shanahan announces NHL retirement
NEWARK, N.J., Nov. 17 (UPI) -- Future NHL Hall of Famer Brendan Shanahan announced his retirement from hockey Tuesday after 21 years in the league.
Shanahan, 40, racked up 656 goals and 1,354 points in 1,524 NHL games, making him the league's 11th all-time goal-scorer and 23rd in points, NHL.com reported. The 6-foot-3, 220-pound right wing is the only player in NHL history with at least 600 goals and 2,000 penalty minutes.
He played for the New Jersey Devils, the St. Louis Blues, the Hartford Whalers, the Detroit Red Wings, the New York Rangers and finally for the Devils again, 21 years after the team took him with the second overall pick in the 1987 amateur draft.
"I would like to thank my family and all of the friends who have helped me achieve and maintain my childhood dream of playing in the National Hockey League," Shanahan said in a statement. "I am enormously grateful to all of my coaches and teammates I've had the privilege of learning from and playing alongside of throughout my career."
Shanahan won all three of his Stanley Cups with Detroit, in 1997, 1998 and 2002.
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Magic's Nelson expected to miss 4-6 weeks
ORLANDO, Fla., Nov. 17 (UPI) -- Orlando Magic guard Jameer Nelson is expected to miss four to six weeks while recovering from a torn meniscus in his left knee, the NBA club said Tuesday.
Nelson will undergo an arthroscopic procedure to fix the problem Wednesday. He hurt the knee in the fourth quarter of Monday's 97-91 win over Charlotte.
He started 11 games this season, averaging 13.7 points, 5.5 assists and 3.1 rebounds.
The sixth-year player missed most of the second half of last season with a shoulder injury.
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Ultimate Fighting champ Lesnar has surgery
LAS VEGAS, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight title-holder Brock Lesnar has undergone intestinal surgery, UFC President Dana White told the Los Angeles Times.
White said Lesnar had surgery Monday and doctors were "waiting to see if he needs more," the Times reported Tuesday.
Citing a "high-placed source close to" Lesnar, the newspaper said the surgery was for a bacterial infection in the fighter's intestinal tract.
Lesnar, 32, took the UFC heavyweight title in July, beating Frank Mir in a technical knockout.
He had pulled out of a bout set for Saturday against Shane Carwin, complaining of sickness, and then told White he would miss a bout rescheduled for Jan. 2 due to mononucleosis.
As an amateur wrestler, Lesnar won the 2000 NCAA heavyweight championship and placed second in 1999. He gained fame in World Wrestling Entertainment, where he claimed three championships.
