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Saints QB Brees is AP Offensive Player of Year (AP)

This Dec. 21, 2008 file photo shows New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees during the first quarter of an NFL football game at Ford Field in Detroit.  Brees won The Associated Press 2008 NFL Offensive Player of the Year award, Tuesday Jan. 6, 2009, after nearly setting a passing record for yards. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)AP - Drew Brees understood what breaking a record set by Dan Marino would mean to the New Orleans Saints. So coming up 15 yards short was disappointing to the Saints quarterback, who won The Associated Press 2008 NFL Offensive Player of the Year award Tuesday.


Nuggets' Anthony out 3 weeks with broken bone (AP)

Denver Nuggets forward Carmelo Anthony reacts after getting hit in the right wrist by Indiana Pacers center Jeff Foster in the third quarter of the Nuggets' 135-115 victory in an NBA basketball game in Denver on Monday, Jan. 5, 2009. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)AP - Carmelo Anthony didn't care for the color of the new removable splint he was sporting on his broken right hand, preferring it to be Denver Nuggets blue over bright red.