The agent for Kansas City's Larry Johnson said he and the Chiefs have reached agreement to cut the running back's two-week suspension in half. Peter Schaffer said nothing had been signed, but he expected it to be.

Johnson was suspended for two weeks until Nov. 9 after twice using a gay slur and questioning coach Todd Haley's qualifications on Johnson's Twitter account.

The Chiefs were on their bye this week and Johnson was to miss only one game, at Jacksonville on Nov. 8. Schaffer said the agreement will save Johnson about $330,000. (AP)



Former Iowa football coach Evashevski dies — Forest Evashevski, the former Michigan football star who coached Iowa to Rose Bowl victories in 1956 and 1958 and led the team to three Big Ten championships, died of cancer Saturday. He was 91. Evashevski, who coached the Hawkeyes from 1952-1960, was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2000. (AP)

Cubs deny Bradley trade rumor — A Chicago Cubs official said a report in a Toronto newspaper of a possible trade that would send outfielder Milton Bradley to the Blue Jays for outfielder Vernon Wells "has no legs at all," adding the team has not discussed the possibility of acquiring Wells. (Chicago Tribune)

Venus, Serena to meet in all-Williams WTA Sony final — Seventh-seeded Venus Williams advanced to the WTA Sony final when she defeated eighth-seeded Jelena Jankovic 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 in Doha, Qatar. Second-seeded Serena Williams won the other semifinal when fourth-seeded Caroline Wozniacki quit because of an abdominal injury while trailing 6-4, 0-1.

Serena, who secured the year-end No. 1 ranking this week, is returning to the final of the WTA Tour's season-ending championships for the first time since 2004. Venus will defend her title from last year. (AP)



Kim, Fisher advance to World Match Play title clash — Ross Fisher beat Masters champion Angel Cabrera on the third playoff hole in Casares, Spain, to set up a World Match Play Championship final against Anthony Kim, who beat Robert Allenby 5 and 4.

Fisher secured a 1-up win after Cabrera conceded, having needed five shots to reach the green. Fisher had powered his second shot 244 yards to within 5 feet of the pin in fading light at the Finca Cortesin golf course. (AP)

In other news — The U.S. Tennis Association said Serena Williams has withdrawn from the team that will face Italy in the Fed Cup final Nov. 7-8. She will be replaced by Vania King. ... Andriy Stakhovsky and eighth-seeded Horacio Zeballos advanced to the final of the St. Petersburg Open in Russia. ... Third-seeded Ivan Ljubicic will play wild card Michael Llodra in the final of the Lyon (France) Grand Prix. ... John Cook took a six-stroke lead in a bid for his second Champions Tour win in three weeks, shooting a 5-under 67 in the third round of the season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship in Sonoma, Calif. (AP)