Every coach in the league gets an opportunity to visit with the officials

TORONTO -- Toronto FC might have to wait to see expensive new striker Jermain Defoe in action. Defoe will miss his last game as a member of English Premier League team Tottenham with what is reported to be a hamstring injury. Tottenham manager Tim Sherwood confirmed to reporters that Defoe will not be fit for Thursdays Europa Cup match with Ukrainian club Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk. He will say his goodbye to Spurs fans at halftime. What this means for Toronto FC is not yet clear as the severity of the injury is unknown. Defoe is expected to join the Major League Soccer club over the weekend. The 31-year-old forward signed a four-year deal with Toronto in January worth a reported 90,000 pounds (C$165,255) a week. Air Max Goedkoop Dames .C. - Heat coach Erik Spoelstra says Danny Granger, Chris Andersen and Udonis Haslem are still not ready to play and will miss Wednesday nights game against the Charlotte Hornets. 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Air Max Goedkoop Heren .Y. -- Syracuse guard Trevor Cooney was mired in a shooting slump, and his woes coincided with a late-season swoon by the Orange.The NFL is investigating whether the New England Patriots deflated footballs that were used in their AFC championship game victory over the Indianapolis Colts.We are looking into it, league spokesman Brian McCarthy wrote in an email to The Associated Press on Monday. We do not have anything further to add at this point.The inquiry was first reported by the website for WTHR-TV in Indiana, citing an unnamed source.Well co-operate fully with whatever the league wants us to, whatever questions they ask, Belichick said Monday during his regular conference call with reporters.He said he was unaware there was an issue until Monday morning.The Patriots have come under scrutiny with regards to NFL rules in the past, most infamously when they were punished for videotaping sideline signals used by the New York Jets during a 2007 game. Belichick was fined $500,000, and the team was docked $250,000 and stripped of its 2008 first-round draft pick.According to the NFL rule book, home teams are responsible for furnishing playable balls at all times. Each team brings 12 primary balls, while home teams are required to also bring 12 backup balls.Once the referee makes sure the footballs are properly inflated, theyre delivered to ball attendants provided by the home team.The leagues game operations manual notes: If any individual alters the footballs, or if a non-approved ball is used in the game, the person responsible and, if appropriate, the head coach or other club personnel will be subject to discipline, including but not limited to, a fine of $25,000.Deflating a football could change the way it would be gripped by a player or the way it travels through the air.The Pattriots beat the Colts 45-7 to reach the Super Bowl.dddddddddddd. New England will play the defending champion Seattle Seahawks for the NFL title at Glendale, Arizona, on Feb. 1.Colts coach Chuck Pagano said he did not notice issues with the football. He did not specify when asked whether the Colts had reported the issue to officials.We talk just like they talk to officials (before the game), we have an opportunity to talk to the officials about a lot of things, things that youve seen on tape like the formations we talked about last week, Pagano said. Every coach in the league gets an opportunity to visit with the officials about that kind of stuff before the game.In Sunday nights lopsided AFC finale, quarterback Tom Brady threw for three touchdowns and running back LeGarrette Blount gained 148 yards while scoring three touchdowns to send New England to its sixth Super Bowl in the past 14 years.Colts quarterback Andrew Luck had his worst game as a pro, completing only 12 of 33 passes for 126 yards, no touchdowns and two interceptions.On his regular weekly morning-after-game appearance Monday on WEEI radio, Brady said he wasnt aware of the report about the leagues investigation into whether footballs were properly inflated against Indianapolis.I think Ive heard it all at this point, Brady said with a laugh.Thats the last of my worries, he said. I dont even respond to stuff like this.___AP Sports Writers Howard Ulman in Boston and Mike Marot in Indianapolis contributed to this report.___Follow Howard Fendrich on Twitter at http://twitter.com/HowardFendrich___AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and AP NFL Twitter feed: http://twitter.com/AP_NFL ' ' '