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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - The New England Patriots have signed defensive lineman Alan Branch and released linebacker Deontae Skinner.Branch was cut by Buffalo on Aug. 24, one day after being arrested on a drunken-driving charge. He spent the previous four seasons with Arizona after being drafted in the second round in 2007, then played two years for Seattle. He started 47 of his 94 games and had eight sacks. With Buffalo last year he had 39 tackles in 16 games.Skinner signed with the Patriots as an undrafted rookie from Mississippi State on May 27. He had one start in seven games and made 10 tackles on defence and three on special teams. His release comes after the Patriots traded for linebackers Akeem Ayers from Tennessee last week and Jonathan Casillas from Tampa Bay on Tuesday.___AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP_NFL Adidas NMD Black Sale . - No matter the lineup or location, the San Antonio Spurs are rolling through the NBA again this spring, just the way they have for most of the last two decades. Adidas NMD R1 Triple Black . -- Cordell Cato scored his first goal of the season and the San Jose Earthquakes survived a full half playing a man down to beat FC Dallas 2-1 Saturday night. http://www.cheapnmdonline.com/adidas-nmd-mens-clearance.html. Kelli Stack and Alex Carpenter also scored for the Americans, who avoided a repeat of Finlands upset at the Four Nations Cup in Lake Placid, N.Y., in November. Finnish goalie Noora Raty made 58 saves in that one, but the three-time Olympian could stop just 40 of 43 U. Cheap Mens Adidas NMD Shoes . -- Jane Kish stopped all 25 shots she faced as the Weyburn Gold Wings blanked the Sudbury Lady Wolves 3-0 on Friday to advance to the gold-medal game at the Esso Cup. Adidas NMD Womens Clearance . Finlands Kari Lehtonen made 26 saves to lead Dallas over the Phoenix Coyotes 2-1 Saturday night. He received plenty of help from the Stars defence and got goals from Ray Whitney and Russias Valeri Nichushkin.ST. LOUIS - Matt Holliday homered in the first inning for the second straight night and Shelby Miller pitched six solid innings and had an RBI double, leading the St. Louis Cardinals to a 5-4 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Saturday night. Matt Carpenter added a two-run homer in the second for the NL Central leaders, who have won 12 in a row at home in the final month of the season dating to last Sept. 14. Of their 10 runs in the first two games of this series, seven have come in the first two innings. The Cardinals are 9-4 this month and took a 3 1-2 game lead over Pittsburgh. Wilin Rosario, Josh Rutledge and pinch-hitter Michael McHenry had an RBI apiece in the ninth and the Rockies put the tying run on second before Pat Neshek got pinch-hitter Rafael Ynoa to fly out for his sixth save in nine chances. Miller (10-9) and Adam Wainwright, who won his 18th game Friday, combined for 13 strikeouts and no walks in 14 innings. Miller has allowed one run his last 20 innings over three starts, with a career-best 17 2-3 inning scoreless streak ending on Ben Paulsens RBI single in the fourth. Randal Grichuk flied out to the wall in left field the at-bat before Holliday hit his 18th homer to straightaway centre off Franklin Morales (6-8). Morales was one strike away from a perrfect second when Pete Kozma walked on a full count, Miller followed with his fifth double and fourth RBI and Carpenters eighth homer made it 4-0.dddddddddddd. Morales worked six scoreless innings to beat the Padres in his last start and permitted one homer his previous four outings. He needed 28 pitches to get through the first, with just one swing and miss, and gave up four runs in four innings. The Rockies have mustered just four runs during a five-game losing streak. They entered the game batting .318 at home with 108 homers and .227 on the road with 60 homers. TRAINERS ROOM Rockies: Justin Morneau did not start after straining a side muscle on Friday. He is day to day. Cardinals: Michael Wacha has struggled to regain form from a shoulder injury that sidelined him nearly two months and will not start Sunday. The team is hoping a little rest will help the 23-year-old right-hander. UP NEXT Rockies: Jordan Lyles (6-2, 4.20) won his first start since coming off the DL from a broken left hand on Aug. 6 but is 0-1 in six starts since then. He gave up a run on three hits with no decision his last start at New York against the Mets. Cardinals: Rookie Marco Gonzales (2-2, 5.01) makes his fifth career start after backing up Wachas two abbreviated starts since coming off the DL. ' ' '