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Some of the sports stories The Associated Press is covering Wednesday. A full Sports Digest will be sent by about 3 p.m. All times EDT:- MIAMI -- The Marlins are having a public memorial service for pitcher Jose Fernandez, who was killed in a weekend boat crash along with two friends. The team says fans can gather along the west side of Marlins Park for the departure of a funeral motorcade at 2:16 p.m. Fernandez wore No. 16 on his jersey. SENT: 130 words, photo. UPCOMING: 700 words, photos by 6 p.m. With: The Latest.- CHASKA, Minn. -- Phil Mickelson criticized another past U.S. captain in the Ryder Cup and opened the conversation about how much a captain can make a difference. SENT: 150 words. UPCOMING: 700 words, photos by 3 p.m. With The Latest.- CHASKA, Minn. -- Tiger Woods was reminded of his very different role in this Ryder Cup when he was told to step aside for the team photo. It was players only. Woods is one of the assistant captains. UPCOMING: 700 words, photos by 4 p.m.- LINCOLN, Neb. -- Gov. Pete Ricketts has agreed to meet with one of the Nebraska football players he criticized for kneeling during the national anthem at the Cornhuskers most recent game. SENT: 300 words, photos.- HOUSTON -- The Texans suffered a big blow to their defense when star J.J. Watt was placed on injured reserve with a back injury and is expected to be out until at least December. SENT: 130 words, photo. UPCOMING: 700 words, photos.- Burficts back, just in time for the Bengals. Linebacker Vontaze Burfict has completed his three-game NFL suspension for repeated illegal hits. Cincinnati certainly hopes he returns with an edge to his game, but a controllable one. Well find out Thursday night. UPCOMING: 650 words, graphic by 4 p.m.- As October begins the real College Football Playoff contenders start to emerge. This weekend for the first time in 14 years, there are three games matching teams ranked in the top 10 of The Associated Press college football poll. UPCOMING: 800 words, photos by 3 p.m.- TORONTO -- The Blue Jays take on Orioles and their ace Chris Tillman in a matchup of the top two AL wild-card teams. UPCOMING: 650 words, photos. Starts 7:07 p.m.- NEW YORK -- David Ortiz and the playoff-bound Red Sox get their second chance to clinch the AL East title at Yankee Stadium. UPCOMING: 700 words, photos. Starts 7:05 p.m.- MIAMI -- The Mets Seth Lugo is scheduled to start the series finale against Jose Urena and the Marlins. UPCOMING: 700 words, photos. Starts 7:10 p.m.- RENTON, Wash. -- With uncertainty about the health of starting quarterback Russell Wilson, the Seahawks may be turning to undrafted rookie Trevone Boykin in Sundays game against the New York Jets. UPCOMING: 550 words, photos. By 7:30 p.m.INDIANAPOLIS -- Andrew Luck spent part of his childhood in London, and routinely goes back there to vacation. On Sunday, he will be there on a business trip. UPCOMING: 650 words, photos by 6 p.m.- BEREA, Ohio -- Terrelle Pryor was a one-man show last week at Miami, playing quarterback, wide receiver and even safety for the Browns. His all-around stats had not been seen in an NFL game since 1959. UPCOMING: 700 words, photos.- TORONTO -- Instead of skating off the ice discouraged with a 3-1 loss, Team Europe appears to have had a confidence-boosting performance in Game 1 of the World Cup of Hockey finals. SENT: 600 words, photos.- WUHAN, China -- Angelique Kerber lost her first match as the No. 1-ranked player in a three-set defeat to Petra Kvitova in the third round of the Wuhan Open. 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Before Saturday he had started in 20 of the Blackhawks 25 games, going 12-6-2 with a 2.27 goals-against average, .927 save percentage and two shutouts, ranking second among NHL goalies in wins.With Crawford unavailable, the Blackhawks inserted backup Scott Darling as their starter against the Flyers and signed 23-year-old Eric Semorski to an amateur tryout contract.Darling allowed three goals on 30 shots in the loss. He fell to 4-1-1 and is expected to start most of Chicagos games leading up to Christmas.Its a huge loss, Darling said. Hes the best goalie in the league. He and Carey Price are in a category of their own. Hes been great every night and great for us all year. Hes also a great guy, one of the boyys.ddddddddddddWe missed him in the room today for sure. I hope hes getting better.Hes a good friend, and I want him to be well and be able to play to help the team.Semorski is from Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, and currently lives in Philadelphia. He was a goaltender for the Temple University club team and played for the Empire Junior Hockey Leagues Jersey Wildcats in 2010-11.Semorski said he received a phone call from the Flyers a little after 11 am and arrived at the Wells Fargo Center around 12:30 for the 1 p.m. game.I hit some traffic, of course, but I got here as fast as I could in my street clothes, Semorski said. No time to put on a tie.Quenneville said he thought about putting Semorski into the game after the Flyers scored the goals in the second period.You almost saw it, the coach said with a smile.That, Semorski said, probably would have been a mistake.Semorski said that if the Flyers had scored into the empty net near the end of regulation Quenneville would have inserted him into the net for the final seconds.That would have been so cool, Semorski said. But I wouldnt change a thing. The experience was awesome. ' ' '