BUTLER TWP — Three senior Butler football players, linemen Dylan O'Donnell and Dan Santoro, and running back Jake Thompson, will play for the Northern team in an all-star game at Cupples Stadium in Pittsburgh.

The Northern All-Stars will play a team of Pittsburgh All-Stars at 1 p.m. Saturday.

PITTSBURGH — Steelers safety Troy Polamalu wore a heavy brace on his reinjured left knee while watching practice Wednesday and did not take part in any drills.Polamalu limped off the field about 30 minutes before practice ended and did not answer questions. He is all but certain to miss Sunday's game at Kansas City, and he might not be ready for Baltimore on Nov. 29.Polamalu injured a knee ligament while tackling Cincinnati's Cedric Benson on Sunday. He missed four games after hurting a different ligament during Pittsburgh's opener.If he starts in Kansas City, backup Tyrone Carter would be in the lineup for the sixth time, compared to five starts for Polamalu. Carter also started once for safety Ryan Clark.Polamalu was injured in the first half of two of those five starts.

PITTSBURGH — The injury-thinned Pittsburgh Penguins are down another player.Defenseman Jay McKee has an infected finger that will keep him out two to four weeks. He was hurt late in Pittsburgh's 5-2 win over Anaheim Monday, and is the fifth of the team's top six defensemen to be sidelined since late October.The Penguins, already playing with three defensemen from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, might not have to recall another because Sergei Gonchar is expected to return tonight in Ottawa.Gonchar, one of the point men on the power play, has missed 12 games with a broken left wrist.Forward Max Talbot, who scored both Penguins goals in a 2-1 victory over Detroit in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals, also could play when they open a three-game trip in Ottawa.Talbot had surgery in July to repair a torn labrum in his left shoulder.

PENN HILLS — Wallace "Bucky" Williams, a retired steelworker best known for playing for both of the Pittsburgh-area's Negro League baseball teams, has died. He was 102.Williams died at his home in the suburb of Penn Hills Monday.Williams was born Dec. 15, 1906 in Baltimore, but his family moved to Pittsburgh when he was a baby.He began playing for the Pittsburgh Crawfords in 1928, played briefly with their rival Homestead Grays in 1936, then returned to the Crawfords until they folded in 1939.

PITTSBURGH — The game between No. 5 Cincinnati and No. 8 Pittsburgh that will determine the Big East's Bowl Championship Series representative will be televised by ABC at noon Dec. 5.Pitt (9-1, 5-0 in Big East) can secure the Big East's BCS bid by beating Cincinnati (10-0, 6-0) at Heinz Field, even if it loses to West Virginia on Nov. 27.The Bearcats would complete a second consecutive Big East championship season by winning.

BEREA, Ohio — Cleveland Browns quarterback Brady Quinn was fined by the NFL Wednesday for his low hit on Baltimore's Terrell Suggs.After throwing an interception in Monday night's 16-0 loss to the Ravens, Quinn dived at Suggs' knees while trying to bring down cornerback Chris Carr, who had picked him off. Suggs had to leave the game and could miss significant playing time.Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis accused Quinn of a cheap shot.Quinn received a letter from the league but would not disclose the size of his fine, saying only that it was "a good amount."

INDIANAPOLIS — College athletes are continuing to graduate at a record rate.For the second consecutive year, the NCAA said Wednesday, the graduation rate was 79 percent for student-athletes entering college in 2002-03, meaning they earned their diplomas within six years. That ties last year's record for a single class.It is also the same percentage as the four-class average of those entering school between 1999 and 2002 — a record and one percentage point higher than a year ago.According to federal statistics, college athletes are still graduating at a higher rate than the overall student body. Those stats shows 64 percent of athletes graduate over the same period, 2 percentage points higher than other students.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Belgian tennis players Yanina Wickmayer and Xavier Malisse have asked the Court of Arbitration for Sport to overturn their one-year bans for missing drug tests.The CAS said Wednesday the players want to annul their suspensions for failing three times to report their whereabouts for unannounced drug-testing.The tribunal will issue a ruling within four months.Wickmayer claims she was not properly informed of the online reporting requirements for drug-testing that led to her ban. Malisse also was banned a year for the same offense.Under the World Anti-Doping Agency's rules, elite athletes must be available for out-of-competition testing for one hour a day, 365 days a year. They must give three months' notice of where they will be so they can be tested.

DUBLIN, Ireland — Ireland appealed to France and soccer authorities today to replay their World Cup playoff in Paris after an obvious handball by Thierry Henry produced the winning goal.Ireland's government and opposition leaders united in demands for Wednesday's 1-1 draw in France to be replayed, and the country's soccer federation said it is considering a protest.In extra time, Henry twice handled the ball to prevent it going out of play, then passed to William Gallas in the Irish box for the deciding goal.France advanced to next year's World Cup finals in South Africa with a 2-1 aggregate score. At the time of Henry's unpunished handball, the match was 17 minutes from reaching a penalty shootout."If that result remains, it reinforces the view that if you cheat you will win," said Irish Justice Minister Dermot Ahern — who also pointed out that two French players appeared to be offsides on a free kick that preceded the goal.