Sports in brief

COLLEGE GRIDBowden had cancer

Former Florida State football coach Bobby Bowden revealed he was successfully treated for prostate cancer in 2007, making the rounds yesterday in New York to tell his story.

Although he had kept it secret for more than four years, Bowden said he believed it was now "my moral duty to bring it out in the open."

Bowden, who turns 82 in November, appeared on several morning television shows as a paid spokesman for a national prostate cancer education initiative called On The Line.

"This month is awareness month in regard to prostate cancer so we're really putting the hammer down this week," Bowden said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press. "We've got to get men aware of this."

Bowden, who is cancer free, was treated by Dr. Joe Camps, who was captain of the coach's first team at FSU in 1976.

NFL

Beaten out of a job

Veteran nickel back Benny Sapp, who was beaten on a 99-yard touchdown pass from the Patriots' Tom Brady to Wes Welker Monday night, was cut by the Dolphins, according to a tweet by his agent, Andrew Simms.

Colon out for season

The Steelers placed starting right tackle Willie Colon on injured reserve hours after the 28-year-old former Hofstra lineman underwent surgery to repair a torn right triceps sustained in a season-opening loss to Baltimore.

Colon missed all of last season after rupturing his Achilles tendon in minicamp.

MEMORABILIAWilliams' items for sale

The plaque that Ted Williams won as the American League MVP in 1949 is one of several items belonging to the late Hall of Famer set for auction next spring. Among them are a baseball that Babe Ruth signed for Williams.

-- AP