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The Detroit Lions have lost their top running back for the foreseeable future.?Ameer Abdullah is heading to injured reserve after injuring his left foot during the second quarter of Sundays 16-15 loss to the Tennessee Titans.Lions coach Jim Caldwell said Wednesday that Abdullah underwent foot surgery, but he wouldnt go into details on the procedure. When asked whether Abdullah could return this season, Caldwell said, Well see.It is possible Abdullah could return later this season, as each NFL team can bring one player back off injured reserve.Abdullah injured the foot on a 24-yard run in which he broke multiple tackles. At the end of the run, he hobbled off the field and went almost directly into the teams locker room. He did not return.Initial X-rays on the foot showed no broken bones, a source said, but Abdullah went to Charlotte on Tuesday for a second opinion with specialist Dr. Robert Anderson. On Wednesday, the Lions placed him on injured reserve.Abdullah was Detroits No. 1 running back, gaining 101 yards on 18 carries this season. He also caught 5 passes for 57 yards and 1 touchdown.Guys have got to step up and play, Caldwell said. Somebody has got to take a few more carries than they would have ordinarily, and obviously I think we have a number of guys we can do that for us.With Abdullah out, Theo Riddick becomes Detroits top running back, with rookie Dwayne Washington and second-year pro Zach Zenner also having roles. The Lions worked out one of their former running backs, Joique Bell, on Tuesday, according to ESPN Insider Adam Caplan, but Bell has not signed with the club.Detroit signed wide receiver Aaron Dobson to take Abdullahs place on the roster. The Lions also signed linebacker Zaviar Gooden and running back George Winn to the practice squad and released guard Chase Farris and wide receiver Isaac Fruechte. Linebacker and running back are two positions of need right now for the Lions due to injuries.The Lions are dealing with a lot of injuries. Among the players missing from Wednesdays practice: Defensive linemen Ezekiel Ansah (ankle), Tyrunn Walker and Wallace Gilberry; linebackers DeAndre Levy (quad), Kyle Van Noy (calf) and Antwione Williams (thigh), tight end Eric Ebron and starting right tackle Riley Reiff. Zalando Saldi Scarpe Puma . Halifax beat the Saint John Sea Dogs 7-5 on the strength of two goals apiece from Nikolaj Ehlers, Matt Murphy and Brent Andrews. Jonathan Drouin also scored and had three assists while Zachary Fucale made 17 saves for the Mooseheads (16-8-0), who led 6-1 after two periods. Puma Scontate Italia .Y. - Detroit goaltender Jonas Gustavsson has earned NHL first star of the week honours after winning in his first three appearances of the season. http://www.pumascontate.it/ . "Trying to breathe," he said with a grin. Bernier stopped 42 of 43 shots on Monday night, including all 22 in a hectic middle frame, his heroic performance propelling the Leafs toward an undue point in their final game before the Christmas break. Scarpe Puma Uomo Scontate . The recently retired Stern was elected Friday to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and will be enshrined with the class of 2014 on Aug. Zalando Puma Scarpe . Jim Rutherford, President and General Manager of the Carolina Hurricanes, announced Wednesday that the team would assign Swedish forward Elias Lindholm to his nations team for the upcoming tournament. SACRAMENTO --- Two games into the Dave Joerger era, the Sacramento Kings look considerably different in two areas: Defense and effort.Tom Thibodeau would like to see those two things for a bit longer in his second game coaching the Minnesota Timberwolves than he did in the first.Both new coaches have been tasked with the job of leading their teams out of the lonely wilderness of bad basketball. Both face each other tonight at Golden 1 Center, with Joerger seeking his squads first win in its new home, and Thibodeau aiming for his first win with Minnesota.The Timberwolves, who havent reached the playoffs in the past 13 seasons, won all four of their meetings against Sacramento a campaign ago. The Kings, who havent been to the playoffs since 2005-06, have shown in their opening two games that they arent the same team that lost those four.Our aggression, our competitiveness is real high, guard Arron Afflalo said. Our expectation to win is there every night. We know defensively we can stay in games, so we expect to win.The Kings led most of three quarters in a 102-94 loss to the San Antonio Spurs in their home debut Thursday. They lost despite holding San Antonio to 38 percent shooting from the field in the third quarter and 42 percent in the fourth.That effort came after a 113-94 opening night win at Phoenix. The Kings held the Suns to 46 percent shooting in that one. The two efforts resembled how Joergers teams used to play when he coached the Memphis Grizzlies, not the kind the Kings played last season when they allowed a league-worst 109.1 points peer game.ddddddddddddCoach Joergers got them playing defense after one game the way they played defense in Memphis, Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. Thats because he knows what hes doing obviously, but its a tribute to (the Kings) to pick that up, jump in and buy into that. If they sustain that, theyre going to be a good basketball team.Thibodeau, who won 255 games and led the Chicago Bulls to the playoffs in all five seasons he coached them, is preaching the same things as Joerger. The Timberwolves showed periods of good defense, but his team melted in the end of a 102-98 loss to the Grizzlies on Wednesday.The Timberwolves led with 1:45 to go, but allowed an 11-5 run to end the game.When we go back and look into it, were going to see the defense wasnt good enough, he told reporters after the game. The rebounding wasnt good enough. ... Some of the mental mistakes got us down the stretch.They also were sometimes lazy defending the arc; the Grizzlies canned 11 against them including six in the first quarter as an early 20-3 Minnesota lead leaked.The Kings have shown a propensity to do most of their offensive work inside, with center DeMarcus Cousins tallying 61 points in Sacramentos first two contests.Fellow Kentuckian center Karl-Anthony Towns, the top pick in the 2015 draft, scored 65 points and grabbed 37 rebounds in four games against Cousins and the Kings last. He collected 43 points and 21 rebounds in the final two. ' ' '