Sports briefs

Bills fire Jauron, promote Fewell

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Bills promoted coordinator Perry Fewell to take over as interim head coach after Dick Jauron was fired on Tuesday.

Wilson ran out of patience with Jauron, who ran out of time to build a contender or come up with a way to fix an offense that sputtered even with the addition of Terrell Owens. The shakeup, which caught some players by surprise, came during the players' day off and after the Bills (3-6) stumbled out of their off week to fall further out of contention with a 41-17 loss at Tennessee last weekend.

Chiefs receiver suspended for doping

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Dwayne Bowe, in and out of his coach's doghouse all year, is in much deeper trouble now.

Kansas City's third-year wide receiver was suspended without pay for four games Tuesday for violating the NFL's policy against performance-enhancing substances.

Bowe's agent, Todd France, said his client was guilty only of taking a weight loss supplement.

"Dwayne did not take a steroid or any other peformance-enhancing drug," France said in an e-mail.

K.C.'s Greinke wins AL Cy Young Award

NEW YORK (AP) — Zack Greinke won the American League Cy Young Award on Tuesday, easily beating out Felix Hernandez after a spectacular season short on wins but long on domination. Greinke went 16-8 with a major league-low 2.16 ERA for the Kansas City Royals. Hernandez was 19-5 with a 2.49 ERA for the Seattle Mariners.

Greinke received 25 of 28 first-place votes and three seconds for 134 points in balloting by the Baseball Writers' Association of America. Hernandez drew two firsts, 23 seconds and one third for 80 points.

Magic's Neslen sidelined with knee injury

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Orlando Magic point guard Jameer Nelson needs surgery again. The All-Star will have arthroscopic surgery today on torn cartilage in his left knee, the team said. He is expected to miss four to six weeks.

Nelson was injured in the fourth quarter of Monday night's win against Charlotte. But he finished the game on the court and showed no signs of injury.

Ute baseball team signg 7 new players

Utah baseball coach Bill Kinneberg announced the signing of seven student-athletes to National Letters of Intent.

Five high school players and three junior college transfers will join the Utes next season. Coming from high school are Trey Nielsen (3B, Skyline HS, Utah), Cory Hunt (2B, Jordan HS, Utah), Ben Mordini (RHP, Cherry Creek HS, Colo.), Luke West (RHP, Juan Diego Catholic HS, Utah), Josh Alexander (OF, Mountain Pointe HS, Arizona) while James Brooks (SS/Utility, Cochise College, Arizona), Derek Christensen (RHP, SLCC, Utah) and Dustin Hobbs (RHP/Yavapai College) are the junior college transfers.

— Deseret News staff and wire services