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Broncos waive GAR grad SotoThe Denver Broncos cut GAR grad Shakir Soto on Friday.Soto signed with the Broncos as an undrafted free agent in April. He appeared in all four preseason games and registered 12 tackles and on pass defensed.Soto tied for a team-high seven tackles in the preseason finale.The Pitt alum said Saturday night that signing on to the Broncos&#8217; practice squad is still a possibility.&#8212; Times LeaderSteelers trade Coates to BrownsThe Steelers traded receiver Sammie Coates and their 2019 seventh-round pick to the Cleveland Browns in exchange for the Browns&#8217; sixth-round pick in next year&#8217;s draft.The Steelers drafted Coates in the third round of the 2015 draft, but he struggled with injuries and inconsistencies in his game in his first two NFL seasons.Coates had 22 receptions for 446 yards and two touchdowns for the Steelers, with the bulk of that production coming in the first five games of last season. Coates injured his fingers in a game against the Jets in October and later his groin, and he was relegated to mostly special-teams duties for the remainder of the season.Coates&#8217; biggest problem was his hands. He struggled with drops since arriving in 2015.&#8212; Pittsburgh Post-GazetteEagles content with 2 QBsPHILADELPHIA (AP) &#8212; The Philadelphia Eagles are going with only two quarterbacks after releasing Matt McGloin and Dane Evans, even though backup Nick Foles didn&#8217;t play in the preseason because of an elbow injury.Incumbent punter Donnie Jones beat out Cameron Johnson, undrafted rookie running back Corey Clement made the roster, and linebacker Nate Gerry was the only draft pick cut. Gerry was selected in the fifth round and was transitioning from safety to linebacker.The team currently has five running backs, including fourth-round pick Donnel Pumphrey, and six wide receivers, including rookies Mack Hollins and Shelton Gibson, and Marcus Johnson, who spent 2016 on the practice squad.Other players cut were: OL Josh Andrews, TE Billy Brown, OTs Dillon Gordon and Taylor Hart, G Darrell Greene, DT Justin Hamilton, RB Byron Marshall, C Aaron Neary, CBs C.J. Smith and Jomal Wiltz, and WRs Bryce Treggs and Greg Ward.Harvick takes pole in DarlingtonDARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) &#8212; Kevin Harvick accomplished his first goal at Darlington Raceway &#8212; winning the pole. The next one is to win the Southern 500.Harvick held off defending Darlington champion Martin Truex Jr. on Saturday to capture the qualifying. And on Sunday that gives him the lead pit area that he hopes will keep him out front in tight situations.&#8220;That&#8217;s really the biggest advantage,&#8221; Harvick said. &#8220;Having that first pit stall if your car is not handling good, it allows you to make up two or three spots if you have a decent pit stop and hopefully keep that track position all night.&#8221;Harvick ran a fast lap of 177.730 in the final round, sweeping all three segments of qualifying. It was Harvick&#8217;s fourth pole of the season and second at Darlington. The last time Harvick started up front for the Southern 500, he took the checkered flag at the track &#8220;Too Tough To Tame.&#8221;Harvick had long said his team&#8217;s switch to Ford racers this year would take some adjustment. Gradually, that&#8217;s happened to the point where Harvick believes his team will strongly contend for a title when NASCAR&#8217;s playoffs begin in two weeks.&#8220;I knew there was a lot of work that had gone into everything with the switchover,&#8221; Harvick said. &#8220;Mentally, I was prepared for it to go either way. It could&#8217;ve been a lot worse than it has been. We&#8217;ve performed relatively well for the amount of workload and amount of things that have gone into switching manufacturers.&#8221;Truex, the series points leader, who has won four times this season, finished with a lap of 177.077 mph.&#8220;Seems like we&#8217;ve been second a lot this year,&#8221; The said. &#8220;It&#8217;s been a good number for us and hopefully it will be a good one tomorrow night.&#8221;It&#8217;s the seventh time this season Truex has started second. He&#8217;s won two his four races this year from that spot.Kyle Busch will start third. He swept the truck, Xfinity and Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series events at Bristol two weeks ago. Kyle Larson is fourth and Jamie McMurray fifth.Brad Keselowski heads up the third row in sixth, followed by Kurt Busch, Joey Logano, Denny Hamlin and Erik Jones.Dale Earnhardt Jr. will start his final Darlington race in 22nd. Earnhardt Jr. is winless this season and would need an extraordinary late run this week and next to advance to playoffs.Colts activate Luck, make tradeINDIANAPOLIS (AP) &#8212; The Indianapolis Colts have activated Andrew Luck from the physically unable to perform list and traded 2015 first-round draft Phillip Dorsett to the New England Patriots.The moves came on a busy Saturday when the Colts trimmed their roster from 90 to 53 players.Luck had been on PUP since late July, making him ineligible to practice. It&#8217;s still unlikely he will play in next Sunday&#8217;s season opener.Dorsett was sent to the Patriots for backup quarterback Jacoby Brissett.Veterans released included defensive tackles T.Y. McGill and David Parry, and linebackers Akeem Ayers and Sean Spence. Projected starting safety Clayton Geathers will open the season on PUP, as expected, and three players, including linebacker Edwin Jackson, went on injured reserve.McCarron takes 2-shot leadCALGARY, Alberta (AP) &#8212; Scott McCarron eagled the par-5 18th for a 6-under 64 and a two-stroke lead Saturday in the PGA Tour Champions&#8217; Shaw Charity Classic.McCarron also eagled the closing hole Friday at Canyon Meadows in an opening 63.First-round leader Kevin Sutherland, McCarron&#8217;s childhood rival in Sacramento, California, was tied for second with Miguel Angel Jimenez. Sutherland followed his opening 62 with a 67, and Jimenez shot 65.McCarron has three victories this year and five in the last two seasons on the 50-and-over tour. The three-time PGA Tour winner won the Allianz Championship in February, the major Senior Players Championship in July and the Dick&#8217;s Sporting Goods Open two weeks ago.Scott Dunlap and Todd Hamilton were three strokes back at 10 under after 66s.Nick Faldo had a 64 to join Jerry Kelly and Bob Estes at 9 under. Kelly, coming off his first senior title last week in the Boeing Classic in Washington, and Estes each shot 65.<style>
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In Brief: Denver Broncos waive GAR grad Shakir Soto